A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 93.84 km, 70.4287° East, 36.2343° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/12/16 / 2016-12-12 11:14:42 / December 12, 2016 @ 11:14 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000805v. Unique identifier: us2000805v. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:44:42 / 3:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.84 km (58 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jurm, Farkhār. The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km NW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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