A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Monday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:03:12 / 6:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 71.0647 East, latitude 36.7677 North, depth = 82.24 km. Unique identifier: us20005ykf. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005ykf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/05/16 / 2016-05-23 01:33:12 / May 23, 2016 @ 1:33 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 82.24 km (51 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh, Fayzabad, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 23 km ESE of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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