A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Khandud in Afghanistan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.8435 East, latitude 37.4086 North, depth = 54.72 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 54.72 km (34 miles). Event id: us600032e2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600032e2. The temblor was detected at 21:30:00 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/04/19 / 2019-04-09 16:30:00 / April 9, 2019 @ 4:30 pm.
The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 68 km NE of Khandud, Afghanistan.
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