A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 79.64 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 01:15:57 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20003gi2. Event ids that are associated: us20003gi2. Exact location of event, longitude 70.694 East, latitude 36.7373 North, depth = 79.64 km. Global time and date of event 04/09/15 / 2015-09-04 20:45:57 / September 4, 2015 @ 8:45 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Ishqoshim, Farkhār. Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km SW of Jarm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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