A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nx0s. Unique identifier: us7000nx0s. The temblor was detected at 08:29:01 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 191.927 km (119 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 70.9823° East, 36.5763° North, depth 191.927 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/24 / 2024-12-08 08:29:01 / December 8, 2024 @ 8:29 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 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 two, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
Did you feel anything?
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. 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: 34 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply