A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, 70.8125° East, 36.5163° North, depth 194.75 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 194.75 km (121 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000iz2e. Unique identifier: us2000iz2e. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:33:23 / 5:33 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/12/18 / 2018-12-30 01:03:23 / December 30, 2018 @ 1:03 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km S of Jarm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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