A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 197.36 km (123 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 197.36 km, 70.8552° East, 36.6197° North. Event id: us2000c4n2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c4n2. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:18:35 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/12/17 / 2017-12-14 23:48:35 / December 14, 2017 @ 11:48 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham. The epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km S of Jarm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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