A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 216.35 km (134 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 23:29:08 / July 5, 2015 @ 11:29 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002nkl. Id of event: us10002nkl. Exact location of event, longitude 70.6749 East, latitude 36.5103 North, depth = 216.35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:59:08 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Farkhār (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and six 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 41 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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