A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 70.8415 East, latitude 36.6593 North, depth = 220.7 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 220.7 km (137 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/15 / 2015-07-14 22:12:08 / July 14, 2015 @ 10:12 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002xhy. Unique identifier: us20002xhy. The temblor was reported at 02:42:08 / 2:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 22 km S of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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