A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 178.77 km (111 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 71.3833 East, latitude 36.6859 North, depth = 178.77 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:19:01 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 12/05/17 / 2017-05-12 16:49:01 / May 12, 2017 @ 4:49 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008ryq. Id of event: us10008ryq.
Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh, Khandūd, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 13 km W of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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