A major earthquake magnitude 7.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. Event id: us10003re5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003re5. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/15 / 2015-10-26 09:09:32 / October 26, 2015 @ 9:09 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 212.52 km, 70.7167° East, 36.4406° North. The temblor was detected at 13:39:32 / 1:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 212.52 km (132 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Yangī Qal‘ah, Nahrīn (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 146 km (90 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 138 km (86 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 148 km (92 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 131 km (82 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. Each year there are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
Did you feel anything?
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. 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: 45 km N of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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I am at work in Gurgaon. We felt tremors. We ran out of our office building. We are fine right now and no serious damage seems to have occurred, but since our buildings (homes, marketplaces, offices) aren’t earthquake-resistant by any yardstick, it feels unsafe all the time.