A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, 70.7011° East, 36.5889° North, depth 218.42 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 218.42 km (136 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:03:48 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us200041km. Ids that are associated to the event: us200041km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/10/15 / 2015-10-30 23:33:48 / October 30, 2015 @ 11:33 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Farkhār, Ashkāsham. Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 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 seven, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine 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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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: 32 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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