A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. 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: us10006sbc. Id of event: us10006sbc. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/16 / 2016-09-24 12:28:51 / September 24, 2016 @ 12:28 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 202.61 km (126 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 70.6566° East, 36.5451° North, depth 202.61 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:58:51 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Farkhār (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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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