A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:28:45 / 6:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.299 East, latitude 36.7304 North, depth = 186.48 km. Event id: us10003vya. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003vya. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 186.48 km (116 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 13:58:45 / November 9, 2015 @ 1:58 pm.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh, Fayzabad. Close 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 two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 21 km WNW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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