A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hzdn. Unique identifier: us1000hzdn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.4385 East, latitude 36.1883 North, depth = 111.95 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:04:12 / 1:04 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 08:34:12 / December 1, 2018 @ 8:34 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 111.95 km (70 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pārūn, Jurm, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km WNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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