A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 71.2111° East, latitude 36.428° North, depth = 106.03 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.03 km (66 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 21:32:48 / December 20, 2016 @ 9:32 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007rg4. Unique identifier: us10007rg4. The temblor was reported at 02:02:48 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (30 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 59 km (37 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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