A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Unique identifier: us1000hy6x. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hy6x. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 02:26:05 / November 30, 2018 @ 2:26 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 205.52 km (128 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 70.5232 East, latitude 36.5512 North, depth = 205.52 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:56:05 / 6:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ashkāsham, Taloqan, Rustāq (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km SW of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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