A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Unique identifier: us10007dew. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007dew. Exact location, longitude 70.5853° East, latitude 36.5075° North, depth = 194.37 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 15:19:54 / November 13, 2016 @ 3:19 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:49:54 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 194.37 km (121 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ashkāsham, Fayzabad, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 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 nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 45 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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