A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 205.02 km (127 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:56:09 / 5:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.8755 East, latitude 36.6144 North, depth = 205.02 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007pks. Unique identifier: us10007pks. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/01/17 / 2017-01-04 01:26:09 / January 4, 2017 @ 1:26 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad. Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (38 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km S of Jarm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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