A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Exact location, longitude 70.8415° East, latitude 36.8856° North, depth = 54.18 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us600050b4. Unique identifier: us600050b4. The temblor was picked up at 01:44:59 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.18 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/08/19 / 2019-08-03 21:14:59 / August 3, 2019 @ 9:14 pm.
Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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 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: 2 km NNE of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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