A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10006iv5. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006iv5. Exact location of event, longitude 70.7668 East, latitude 36.5931 North, depth = 207.31 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/08/16 / 2016-08-30 20:15:45 / August 30, 2016 @ 8:15 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:45:45 / 12:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 207.31 km (129 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham. Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-five 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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