A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: usa000p6bj. Id of event: usa000p6bj. The temblor was detected at 21:41:34 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 149.616 km (93 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 21:41:34 / September 5, 2024 @ 9:41 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.1306 East, latitude 36.9948 North, depth = 149.616 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days seventy-two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 30 km ENE of Jurm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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