A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 19:29:53 / 7:29 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/17 / 2017-12-29 14:59:53 / December 29, 2017 @ 2:59 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bxpv. Unique identifier: us1000bxpv. Exact location of earthquake, 71.1979° East, 36.6266° North, depth 228.07 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 228.07 km (142 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
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 seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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