A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 207.97 km (129 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 70.6489 East, latitude 36.4581 North, depth = 207.97 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:28:10 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 17:58:10 / December 21, 2017 @ 5:58 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000buka. Event ids that are associated: us1000buka.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (46 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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