A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Aibak in Afghanistan on Saturday. Event id: us70003gkj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003gkj. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/05/19 / 2019-05-04 05:53:01 / May 4, 2019 @ 5:53 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 23.38 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 68.3072° East, 36.3743° North, depth 23.38 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:23:01 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nahrīn, Khanabad, Khulm (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Khulm (c. 64 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km ENE of Aibak, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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