A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Baghlan in Afghanistan on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 14.9 km, 68.4423° East, 36.1658° North. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:32:47 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.9 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us60005lxa. Unique identifier: us60005lxa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/09/19 / 2019-09-22 05:02:47 / September 22, 2019 @ 5:02 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Khulm (c. 64 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khulm, Khanabad, Kunduz (min 5000 pop).
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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