A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Pārūn in Afghanistan on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/09/24 / 2024-09-02 01:05:59 / September 2, 2024 @ 1:05 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.75 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 70.4663 East, latitude 36.0392 North, depth = 132.75 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000np5y. Unique identifier: us6000np5y. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:05:59 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Pārūn (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 80 km NNW of Pārūn, Afghanistan.
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