A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002xw9. Id of event: us10002xw9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.057 East, latitude 36.4971 North, depth = 121.52 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 121.52 km (76 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/15 / 2015-08-04 16:44:40 / August 4, 2015 @ 4:44 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:14:40 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 45 km SSE of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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