A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:55:51 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 69.8205 East, latitude 36.101 North, depth = 118.32 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10007nbe. Event ids that are associated: us10007nbe. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118.32 km (74 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 14:25:51 / December 28, 2016 @ 2:25 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 100 km (62 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pul-e Khumrī, Baghlān, Bāzārak.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km S of Farkhar, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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