A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/11/20 / 2020-11-30 12:32:37 / November 30, 2020 @ 12:32 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:32:37 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 172.8 km (107 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cl59. Id of event: us7000cl59. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.5709 East, latitude 36.3427 North, depth = 172.8 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Farkhār, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 62 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan.
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