A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.8862 East, latitude 36.6706 North, depth = 243.88 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 243.88 km (152 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000i0r1. Id of event: us1000i0r1. Global time and date of event 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 21:47:13 / December 2, 2018 @ 9:47 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:17:13 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 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 six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km SSE of Jarm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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