A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003hen. Id of event: us20003hen. Exact location of event, longitude 71.3141 East, latitude 36.631 North, depth = 153.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 153.94 km (96 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 21:21:39 / September 8, 2015 @ 9:21 pm. The temblor was picked up at 01:51:39 / 1:51 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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