A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20003jej. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003jej. Exact location of earthquake, 70.8303° East, 36.5803° North, depth 205.73 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/09/15 / 2015-09-14 19:17:49 / September 14, 2015 @ 7:17 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 205.73 km (128 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:47:49 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham. Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 31 km S of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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