A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. Unique identifier: us100040q7. Ids that are associated to the event: us100040q7. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 189.82 km (118 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/11/15 / 2015-11-24 13:13:44 / November 24, 2015 @ 1:13 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.2009 East, latitude 36.743 North, depth = 189.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:43:44 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh, Fayzabad, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km WNW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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