A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. The temblor was reported at 08:14:58 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/07/16 / 2016-07-25 03:44:58 / July 25, 2016 @ 3:44 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 71.3789° East, 36.6879° North, depth 178.42 km. Event id: us20006hc2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006hc2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 178.42 km (111 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorugh, Khandūd, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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