A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Khulm in Afghanistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/01/25 / 2025-01-06 07:17:57 / January 6, 2025 @ 7:17 am. Exact location of event, longitude 68.0054 East, latitude 36.6926 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pi4k. Id of event: us6000pi4k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:17:57 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dŭstí, Qarāwul, Baghlān (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Mazār-e Sharīf (c. 303 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Tirmiz (c. 140 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Khulm (c. 64 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 27 km E of Khulm, Afghanistan.
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