A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:07:41 / 4:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/18 / 2018-08-08 11:37:41 / August 8, 2018 @ 11:37 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g5ar. Id of event: us1000g5ar. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 206.7 km (128 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.8776 East, latitude 36.5998 North, depth = 206.7 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km S of Jarm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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