A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. The epicenter was at a depth of 192.3 km (119 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.8294 East, latitude 36.5574 North, depth = 192.3 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/05/17 / 2017-05-26 18:31:55 / May 26, 2017 @ 6:31 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10008vkd. Event ids that are associated: us10008vkd. The temblor was picked up at 23:01:55 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 34 km S of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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