A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 91.94 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000plhv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000plhv. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/03/25 / 2025-03-21 04:16:41 / March 21, 2025 @ 4:16 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:16:41 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 70.9696 East, latitude 36.431 North, depth = 91.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham. Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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