A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, 70.9968° East, 36.6507° North, depth 208.46 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:36:18 / 6:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 208.46 km (130 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 02:06:18 / September 9, 2015 @ 2:06 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003hgs. Unique identifier: us20003hgs.
Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 27 km SSE of Jarm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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