A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007z1b. Unique identifier: us20007z1b. Exact location of earthquake, 71.1497° East, 36.4664° North, depth 84.6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84.6 km (53 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:37:34 / 4:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 00:07:34 / December 8, 2016 @ 12:07 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 52 km (33 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 four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 41 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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