A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 10:48:13 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 71.3131 East, latitude 36.4879 North, depth = 116.81 km. Event id: us1000e58s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e58s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 06:18:13 / May 15, 2018 @ 6:18 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.81 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 29 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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