A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/01/18 / 2018-01-08 09:43:09 / January 8, 2018 @ 9:43 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 14:13:09 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000c1z5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c1z5. Exact location, longitude 70.8745° East, latitude 36.4313° North, depth = 153.73 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 153.73 km (96 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 45 km NNE of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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