A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 03:50:05 / December 17, 2016 @ 3:50 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 195.89 km (122 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 70.8004° East, 36.5461° North, depth 195.89 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us200081t5. Ids that are associated to the event: us200081t5. The temblor was reported at 08:20:05 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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