A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/02/18 / 2018-02-15 07:13:25 / February 15, 2018 @ 7:13 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:43:25 / 11:43 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d2j4. Id of event: us2000d2j4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.65 km (67 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 71.427 East, latitude 36.424 North, depth = 107.65 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km SSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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