A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 19:08:21 / January 17, 2020 @ 7:08 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 184.64 km (115 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 70.7736° East, 36.551° North, depth 184.64 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:38:21 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600079dz. Id of event: us600079dz.
Nearby 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, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km S of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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