A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, longitude 70.9248 East, latitude 36.599 North, depth = 192.307 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/03/25 / 2025-03-25 21:59:21 / March 25, 2025 @ 9:59 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 21:59:21 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 192.307 km (119 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000pmlt. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pmlt.
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 30 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan.
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