A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.0598 East, latitude 36.5875 North, depth = 108.578 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 11:52:11 / May 15, 2024 @ 11:52 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:52:11 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000myqh. Id of event: us6000myqh. The epicenter was at a depth of 108.578 km (67 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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