A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 198.76 km (124 miles). Unique identifier: us700058q6. Ids that are associated to the event: us700058q6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 70.6687 East, latitude 36.4966 North, depth = 198.76 km. The temblor was reported at 16:00:09 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/19 / 2019-08-27 11:30:09 / August 27, 2019 @ 11:30 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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