A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 101.36 km (63 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 71.0912° East, 36.5027° North, depth 101.36 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/03/16 / 2016-03-06 02:46:00 / March 6, 2016 @ 2:46 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:16:00 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004vla. Unique identifier: us10004vla.
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 Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Jurm. Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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