A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:31:09 / 2:31 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us700045m9. Event ids that are associated: us700045m9. Exact location of event, longitude 70.8702 East, latitude 36.4656 North, depth = 129.26 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/06/19 / 2019-06-26 22:01:09 / June 26, 2019 @ 10:01 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 129.26 km (80 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Fayzabad, Ishqoshim. Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km S of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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