A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Friday. Exact location, longitude 70.66° East, latitude 36.4582° North, depth = 204.83 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 204.83 km (127 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003v7r. Unique identifier: us10003v7r. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:42:02 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 14:12:02 / November 6, 2015 @ 2:12 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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