A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 230.57 km, 71.0278° East, 36.4177° North. Id of earthquake: us600054z6. Event ids that are associated: us600054z6. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/08/19 / 2019-08-06 07:02:42 / August 6, 2019 @ 7:02 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 230.57 km (143 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:32:42 / 11:32 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 48 km NNE of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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