A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.1154 East, latitude 36.1067 North, depth = 130.65 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:45:27 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p9x2. Id of event: us7000p9x2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 130.65 km (81 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/01/25 / 2025-01-29 20:45:27 / January 29, 2025 @ 8:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nahrīn, Taloqan, Farkhār. Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 56 km SSE of Farkhār, Afghanistan.
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