A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, 70.549° East, 36.5287° North, depth 200.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/12/18 / 2018-12-13 15:44:29 / December 13, 2018 @ 3:44 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:14:29 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 200.22 km (124 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000it8i. Id of event: us2000it8i.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Taloqan, Rustāq (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close 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 five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km SW of Jarm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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