A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us7000ppcq. Event ids that are associated: us7000ppcq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 87.995 km (55 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:23:04 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 70.6985° East, latitude 36.541° North, depth = 87.995 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/04/25 / 2025-04-01 23:23:04 / April 1, 2025 @ 11:23 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 37 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan.
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