A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003yx2. Unique identifier: us10003yx2. Exact location, longitude 71.1739° East, latitude 36.5702° North, depth = 221.28 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 221.28 km (137 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 09:17:09 / November 17, 2015 @ 9:17 am. The temblor was picked up at 13:47:09 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter).
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). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six 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. 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. 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: 34 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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