A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Global time and date of event 12/07/15 / 2015-07-12 21:36:52 / July 12, 2015 @ 9:36 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 02:06:52 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002x05. Id of event: us20002x05. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 210.74 km (131 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.9545 East, latitude 36.6555 North, depth = 210.74 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham. The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 25 km SSE of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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