Light mag. 4.4 earthquake - 14 km east of Farkhār, Farkhar, Takhar, Afghanistan, on Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 04:33 GMT
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Light magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 52 km depth
27 Jun 04:42 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 9 minutes.
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 52.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 36.53°N / 70°E

Antipode: 36.53°S / 110°W
Nearby towns and cities:
14 km (8 mi) ESE of Farkhār (Farkhar) (pop: 10,500) --> See nearby quakes!
47 km (29 mi) ESE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) --> See nearby quakes!
68 km (42 mi) SSE of Rustāq (Rustaq) (pop: 25,600) --> See nearby quakes!
77 km (48 mi) SE of Ārt Khwājah (Khwaja Ghar) (pop: 18,600) --> See nearby quakes!
81 km (50 mi) E of Khanabad (Kunduz) (pop: 71,500) --> See nearby quakes!
83 km (52 mi) SW of Faizabad (Badakhshan) (pop: 44,400) --> See nearby quakes!
93 km (58 mi) NE of Nahrin (Nahrain, Baghlan) (pop: 22,400) --> See nearby quakes!
104 km (65 mi) E of Kunduz (pop: 161,900) --> See nearby quakes!
124 km (77 mi) ENE of Baghlan (Wilāyat-e Baghlān) (pop: 108,400) --> See nearby quakes!
235 km (146 mi) NNE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
4.4 | 52 km | Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan | GFZ |
4.5 | 60 km | Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan | EMSC |
4.5 | 35 km | 11 km ESE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan | USGS |
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