Mag. 4.4 earthquake - 225 km north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, 19 Nov 2020 1:01 pm (GMT +4:30) -

Mag. 4.4 earthquake - 225 km north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, 19 Nov 2020 1:01 pm (GMT +4:30)

Light magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 162 km depth

19 Nov 08:52 UTC: First to report: USGS after 21 minutes.
Update Thu, 19 Nov 2020, 08:54
Light magnitude 4.4 quake hits 94 km southeast of Kunduz, Afghanistan around noon
4.4 quake 11 Km S of Farkhār, Afghanistan, 19 Nov 1.01 pm (GMT +4:30)
4.4 quake 11 Km S of Farkhār, Afghanistan, 19 Nov 1.01 pm (GMT +4:30)
Just 23 minutes ago, a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the town of Farkhār, Afghanistan. The tremor was recorded around noon on Thursday 19 November 2020 at 12.31 pm local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 161.7 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.4 earthquake as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Farkhār (pop. 10,500) located 11 km from the epicenter, Taloqan (pop. 64,300) 41 km away, Khanabad (pop. 71,500) 70 km away, Rustāq (pop. 25,600) 73 km away, Ārt Khwājah (pop. 18,600) 76 km away, Nahrīn (pop. 22,400) 79 km away, Kunduz (pop. 161,900) 94 km away, and Dasht-e Archī (pop. 8,300) 96 km away.
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Earthquake data:

Date & time: 19 Nov 2020 08:31:25 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Thursday, 19 Nov 2020 1:01 pm (GMT +4:30)
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 161.7 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 36.4705°N / 69.8559°E (Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan)
Nearby towns and cities:
11 km (7 mi) S of Farkhār (Farkhar) (pop: 10,500) --> See nearby quakes!
41 km (26 mi) SE of Taloqan (pop: 64,300) --> See nearby quakes!
70 km (44 mi) ESE of Khanabad (Kunduz) (pop: 71,500) --> See nearby quakes!
73 km (45 mi) S of Rustāq (Rustaq) (pop: 25,600) --> See nearby quakes!
76 km (47 mi) SSE of Ārt Khwājah (Khwaja Ghar) (pop: 18,600) --> See nearby quakes!
79 km (49 mi) NE of Nahrin (Nahrain, Baghlan) (pop: 22,400) --> See nearby quakes!
94 km (58 mi) ESE of Kunduz (pop: 161,900) --> See nearby quakes!
97 km (60 mi) SW of Fayzabad (Badakhshan) (pop: 44,400) --> See nearby quakes!
225 km (140 mi) NNE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) --> See nearby quakes!
247 km (153 mi) E of Mazari Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds -0.5°C (31 F), humidity: 89%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from NNW
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.4162 km11 Km S of Farkhār, AfghanistanUSGS
M 4.4155 kmHINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTANEMSC
M 4.5156 kmHindu Kush Region, AfghanistanGFZ

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