A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10002n9s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002n9s. The temblor was picked up at 19:48:05 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 15:18:05 / July 3, 2015 @ 3:18 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 128.14 km (80 miles). Exact location, longitude 71.2206° East, latitude 36.5835° North, depth = 128.14 km.
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 30 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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