A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 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: us2000659f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000659f. Exact location of event, longitude 71.1686 East, latitude 37.0462 North, depth = 113.42 km. Global time and date of event 18/06/16 / 2016-06-18 16:54:27 / June 18, 2016 @ 4:54 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:24:27 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 113.42 km (70 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorugh, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad. Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km NE of Jarm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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