A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 95.98 km (60 miles). 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: us20003078. Id of event: us20003078. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/15 / 2015-07-26 10:04:11 / July 26, 2015 @ 10:04 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:34:11 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 71.4986 East, latitude 36.7371 North, depth = 95.98 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Khorugh, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km NNW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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