A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Sunday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:56:10 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20004159. Unique identifier: us20004159. The epicenter was at a depth of 201.94 km (125 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/11/15 / 2015-11-01 03:26:10 / November 1, 2015 @ 3:26 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 70.4717 East, latitude 36.4875 North, depth = 201.94 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad. Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 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 sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km SW of Jarm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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