A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Aībak in Afghanistan. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.629 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ph00. Unique identifier: us6000ph00. Exact location, longitude 68.2771° East, latitude 36.65° North, depth = 35.629 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:54:02 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/25 / 2025-01-02 03:54:02 / January 2, 2025 @ 3:54 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (33 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Khulm (c. 64 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pul-e Khumrī, Dŭstí, (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 Aībak, Afghanistan.
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