A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 17:53:22 / December 9, 2016 @ 5:53 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zl1. Id of event: us20007zl1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 139.64 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 70.4959° East, latitude 36.4761° North, depth = 139.64 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:23:22 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 52 km SW of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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