A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Pārūn in Afghanistan. Event id: us6000phx6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phx6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95.865 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:01:00 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter). 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: 05/01/25 / 2025-01-05 01:01:00 / January 5, 2025 @ 1:01 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.5932 East, latitude 35.8003 North, depth = 95.865 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pārūn. Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 51 km NW of Pārūn, Afghanistan.
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