A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. The temblor was detected at 20:09:44 / 8:09 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100040hd. Ids that are associated to the event: us100040hd. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.3492 East, latitude 36.4859 North, depth = 103.93 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 103.93 km (65 miles). Global time and date of event 23/11/15 / 2015-11-23 15:39:44 / November 23, 2015 @ 3:39 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 27 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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