A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/19 / 2019-01-19 09:37:49 / January 19, 2019 @ 9:37 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 141.29 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000j6ar. Event ids that are associated: us2000j6ar. The temblor was detected at 14:07:49 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 70.9208 East, latitude 36.5219 North, depth = 141.29 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km SSE of Jarm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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