A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, depth 209.023 km, 70.1132° East, 36.5372° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 209.023 km (130 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000n7s2. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7s2. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:57:07 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 10:57:07 / August 18, 2024 @ 10:57 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khanabad, Ārt Khwājah, Fayzabad. Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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