A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 07:28:36 / December 21, 2017 @ 7:28 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 147.51 km (92 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.0574 East, latitude 36.5505 North, depth = 147.51 km. Id of earthquake: us1000bu93. Event ids that are associated: us1000bu93. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:58:36 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 40 km SSE of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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