A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 98.63 km (61 miles). 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: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 10:48:26 / July 31, 2018 @ 10:48 am. Unique identifier: us2000gi2q. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000gi2q. Exact location of event, longitude 71.2448 East, latitude 36.4486 North, depth = 98.63 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:18:26 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim. Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 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 six 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 36 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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