A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/04/25 / 2025-04-16 13:29:19 / April 16, 2025 @ 1:29 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 70.0002 East, latitude 36.1193 North, depth = 141.407 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:29:19 / 1:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 141.407 km (88 miles). Event id: us6000q6fr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q6fr.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taloqan, Nahrīn, Farkhār. Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 52 km (32 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 eight and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 51 km SSE of Farkhār, Afghanistan.
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