A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/10/16 / 2016-10-30 23:57:16 / October 30, 2016 @ 11:57 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 04:27:16 / 4:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 89.23 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 71.2844° East, latitude 36.3578° North, depth = 89.23 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000735d. Id of event: us1000735d.
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. Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km SSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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