A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 70.8337° East, latitude 36.6747° North, depth = 218.701 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 218.701 km (136 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 07:50:35 / May 3, 2025 @ 7:50 am. The temblor was reported at 07:50:35 / 7:50 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000pwuv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pwuv.

Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 fourty-eight 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.

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