A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:02:55 / 3:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/17 / 2017-10-14 10:32:55 / October 14, 2017 @ 10:32 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 192.43 km (120 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000as3c. Unique identifier: us1000as3c. Exact location of earthquake, 70.7238° East, 36.4939° North, depth 192.43 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Farkhār, Ashkāsham. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 42 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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