A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Event id: us100062pi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100062pi. Exact location of event, longitude 71.0983 East, latitude 36.707 North, depth = 227.14 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/07/16 / 2016-07-11 20:23:16 / July 11, 2016 @ 8:23 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 227.14 km (141 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:53:16 / 12:53 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Close 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 three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 29 km SE of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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