A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Baghlān in Afghanistan. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:11:24 / 11:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 68.6634° East, 36.3869° North, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 11:11:24 / February 12, 2025 @ 11:11 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000pd3k. Event ids that are associated: us7000pd3k.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Qarāwul, Khulm, . Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Khulm (c. 64 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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