A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008pbv. Id of event: us10008pbv. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/05/17 / 2017-05-04 16:16:51 / May 4, 2017 @ 4:16 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 71.3823° East, 36.7431° North, depth 189.43 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:46:51 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 189.43 km (118 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd, Khorugh, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 15 km WNW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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