A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 70.944 East, latitude 36.6166 North, depth = 207.69 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 207.69 km (129 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:28:06 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007d0p. Unique identifier: us20007d0p. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/10/16 / 2016-10-10 01:58:06 / October 10, 2016 @ 1:58 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham. Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km SSE of Jarm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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