A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/11/24 / 2024-11-23 04:27:57 / November 23, 2024 @ 4:27 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000p76r. Unique identifier: us6000p76r. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 70.4701 East, latitude 36.4217 North, depth = 196.379 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 196.379 km (122 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:27:57 / 4:27 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taloqan, Fayzabad, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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