A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000pjpy. Event ids that are associated: us6000pjpy. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.461 East, latitude 36.5277 North, depth = 195.278 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:13:51 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 195.278 km (121 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 14:13:51 / January 13, 2025 @ 2:13 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km SW of Jurm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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