A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, depth 220.94 km, 70.8754° East, 36.5812° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100062vh. Id of event: us100062vh. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 220.94 km (137 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:35:26 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/16 / 2016-07-12 09:05:26 / July 12, 2016 @ 9:05 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km S of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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