A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.83 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:26:27 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 99.83 km, 71.024° East, 36.2311° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/10/16 / 2016-10-24 00:56:27 / October 24, 2016 @ 12:56 am. Id of earthquake: us20007gas. Event ids that are associated: us20007gas.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Jurm, Ashkāsham (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 event was 76 km (47 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 31 km NE of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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