A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.92 km (68 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 ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005j6v. Id of event: us20005j6v. The temblor was picked up at 14:22:47 / 2:22 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/16 / 2016-04-17 09:52:47 / April 17, 2016 @ 9:52 am. Exact location of event, longitude 71.2135 East, latitude 36.3757 North, depth = 109.92 km.
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 44 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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