A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 71.162° East, 36.7393° North, depth 191.26 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 191.26 km (119 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:53:20 / 9:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/10/16 / 2016-10-14 17:23:20 / October 14, 2016 @ 5:23 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007e6h. Unique identifier: us20007e6h.
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorugh, Fayzabad, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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: 32 km ESE of Jarm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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