A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:10:22 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j92t. Id of event: us2000j92t. Exact location of earthquake, 70.6516° East, 36.5063° North, depth 192.64 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 192.64 km (120 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 03:40:22 / January 26, 2019 @ 3:40 am.
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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