A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 242.13 km (150 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 19:24:14 / July 25, 2015 @ 7:24 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:54:14 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20003042. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003042. Exact location, longitude 71.1658° East, latitude 36.5206° North, depth = 242.13 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 37 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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