A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. The temblor was picked up at 04:08:09 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/09/15 / 2015-09-07 23:38:09 / September 7, 2015 @ 11:38 pm. Event id: us20003h5w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003h5w. The epicenter was at a depth of 103.55 km (64 miles). Exact location, longitude 71.2246° East, latitude 36.5326° North, depth = 103.55 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim. Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 32 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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