A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 91.48 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/05/19 / 2019-05-01 10:44:29 / May 1, 2019 @ 10:44 am. Unique identifier: us70003f31. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003f31. Exact location, longitude 71.1748° East, latitude 37.1056° North, depth = 91.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:14:29 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Khorugh (min 5000 pop).
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 nineteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 40 km NE of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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