A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 16:13:12 / April 20, 2020 @ 4:13 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:43:12 / 8:43 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 190.78 km (119 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 70.7189 East, latitude 36.5233 North, depth = 190.78 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700090i9. Id of event: us700090i9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Farkhār, Ashkāsham. Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 39 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan.
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