A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 71.4613 East, latitude 36.4848 North, depth = 92.41 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100040ct. Unique identifier: us100040ct. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/11/15 / 2015-11-22 18:16:04 / November 22, 2015 @ 6:16 pm. The temblor was picked up at 22:46:04 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92.41 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorugh, Fayzabad, Khandūd.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 22 km SSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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Soujit
Felt tremors in Roorkee, uttarakhand, India
Daks
Yep felt little shake for few seconds, haryana state India
Reza
We felt in KABUL, Afghanistan.
Khurram
Felt in Lahore, but seems everything is fine yet
Aftab
Also in pakistan
Hamza
Yep it felt in lahore!
Piotr
Slight tremors in Islamabad