A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70006v1b. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006v1b. The epicenter was at a depth of 206.19 km (128 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:33:00 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.849 East, latitude 36.5211 North, depth = 206.19 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/01/20 / 2020-01-05 18:03:00 / January 5, 2020 @ 6:03 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). 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 Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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