A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Qarqīn in Afghanistan on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 12:03:35 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 65.8841 East, latitude 37.1723 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pve9. Unique identifier: us7000pve9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/04/25 / 2025-04-27 12:03:35 / April 27, 2025 @ 12:03 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atamyrat, Qarchī Gak, Gowurdak (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Turkmenistan (c. 4 941 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Shibirghān (c. 55 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Gowurdak (c. 34 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Atamyrat (c. 33 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Andkhōy (c. 29 200 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Qarqīn (c. 15 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Qarchī Gak (c. 8 900 pop).
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 one 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 30 km SSW of Qarqīn, Afghanistan.
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