A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 190.08 km (118 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:43:15 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 72.251° East, 37.4794° North, depth 190.08 km. Global time and date of event 07/10/24 / 2024-10-07 15:43:15 / October 7, 2024 @ 3:43 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nx3g. Unique identifier: us6000nx3g.
The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorugh, Khandūd.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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