A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.13 km (47 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/01/17 / 2017-01-27 07:40:52 / January 27, 2017 @ 7:40 am. The temblor was picked up at 12:10:52 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 71.3215 East, latitude 36.4553 North, depth = 76.13 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007vnn. Unique identifier: us10007vnn.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 63 km (39 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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