A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 71.1511° East, 36.3412° North, depth 90.52 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 90.52 km (56 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/04/18 / 2018-04-28 15:14:20 / April 28, 2018 @ 3:14 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:44:20 / 7:44 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000du0d. Id of event: us1000du0d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pārūn, Fayzabad, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 100 km (62 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km NE of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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