A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 266.41 km (166 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ft5z. Unique identifier: us2000ft5z. Exact location of earthquake, 70.776° East, 36.7557° North, depth 266.41 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:30:33 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 19:00:33 / July 1, 2018 @ 7:00 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
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 five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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