A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/09/19 / 2019-09-06 12:49:34 / September 6, 2019 @ 12:49 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70005crc. Unique identifier: us70005crc. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:19:34 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.9455 East, latitude 36.6543 North, depth = 228.8 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 228.8 km (142 miles).
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 Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 25 km SSE of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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