A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:20:03 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 70.0263° East, 36.2468° North, depth 143.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 143.46 km (89 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/24 / 2024-09-09 08:20:03 / September 9, 2024 @ 8:20 am. Unique identifier: us6000nqlc. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nqlc.
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nahrīn, Taloqan, Farkhār (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 39 km SSE of Farkhār, Afghanistan.
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