A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 193.205 km (120 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/02/25 / 2025-02-23 11:41:55 / February 23, 2025 @ 11:41 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000pflg. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pflg. The temblor was reported at 11:41:55 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 70.5131 East, latitude 36.5147 North, depth = 193.205 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Rustāq, Taloqan (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 48 km SW of Jurm, Afghanistan.
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