A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 186.19 km (116 miles). Global time and date of event 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 03:26:49 / January 26, 2019 @ 3:26 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:56:49 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j92s. Unique identifier: us2000j92s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 186.19 km, 70.6807° East, 36.5334° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Farkhār.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 39 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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