A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112.99 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 08/07/16 / 2016-07-08 18:37:36 / July 8, 2016 @ 6:37 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006204. Unique identifier: us10006204. Exact location, longitude 71.0746° East, latitude 36.6189° North, depth = 112.99 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:07:36 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 34 km SE of Jarm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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