A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.2364 East, latitude 36.4605 North, depth = 102.59 km. 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 102.59 km (64 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007fi0. Unique identifier: us20007fi0. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/10/16 / 2016-10-20 00:40:01 / October 20, 2016 @ 12:40 am. The temblor was reported at 05:10:01 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 58 km (36 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 cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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