A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. Unique identifier: us6000nk6q. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nk6q. Exact location of event, depth 194.128 km, 70.8718° East, 36.5029° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 194.128 km (121 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:36:11 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 19:36:11 / August 14, 2024 @ 7:36 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Fayzabad, Ishqoshim. Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close 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 five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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