A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 197.08 km (122 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us700038pw. Unique identifier: us700038pw. Exact location of event, depth 197.08 km, 70.3091° East, 36.5061° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:02:11 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/19 / 2019-04-18 16:32:11 / April 18, 2019 @ 4:32 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 41 km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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