A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 10:04:09 / July 7, 2019 @ 10:04 am. The temblor was picked up at 14:34:09 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 192.26 km (119 miles). Exact location of event, depth 192.26 km, 70.7572° East, 36.4982° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004dtw. Id of event: us70004dtw.
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km S of Jarm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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