A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000gbsj. Unique identifier: us2000gbsj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 70.8457° East, latitude 36.5992° North, depth = 222.42 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 222.42 km (138 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:54:45 / 5:54 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 13:24:45 / July 23, 2018 @ 1:24 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 29 km S of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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