A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 18:38:36 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 196.34 km (122 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000e205. Event ids that are associated: us1000e205. Global time and date of event 10/05/18 / 2018-05-10 14:08:36 / May 10, 2018 @ 2:08 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 71.0177 East, latitude 36.5755 North, depth = 196.34 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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