A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 212.004 km (132 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:09:05 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 71.0235° East, latitude 36.6603° North, depth = 212.004 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: 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 14:09:05 / August 14, 2024 @ 2:09 pm. Event id: us6000nk3h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nk3h.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 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 six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km SE of Jurm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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