A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/09/18 / 2018-09-30 23:26:29 / September 30, 2018 @ 11:26 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h4t2. Unique identifier: us1000h4t2. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.0438 East, latitude 36.7094 North, depth = 215.95 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 215.95 km (134 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:56:29 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Each 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 two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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