A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:10:11 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.0478 East, latitude 36.4599 North, depth = 115.1 km. Unique identifier: us20003fqu. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003fqu. Global time and date of event 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 14:40:11 / September 2, 2015 @ 2:40 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115.1 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km SSE of Jarm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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