A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 01:33:24 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 21:03:24 / September 9, 2015 @ 9:03 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003hmu. Unique identifier: us20003hmu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 70.4766° East, 36.0048° North, depth 107.11 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.11 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Farkhār, Pārūn. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 101 km (63 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km W of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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