A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. The temblor was picked up at 15:34:19 / 3:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 199.36 km (124 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 70.6966 East, latitude 36.5099 North, depth = 199.36 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/19 / 2019-09-17 11:04:19 / September 17, 2019 @ 11:04 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005hg0. Id of event: us70005hg0.
Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (47 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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Farkhār (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 41 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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