A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 70.8967 East, latitude 36.6645 North, depth = 221.39 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:08:53 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 11:38:53 / September 24, 2019 @ 11:38 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 221.39 km (138 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us60005mrj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60005mrj.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 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 three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 22 km SSE of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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