A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/19 / 2019-01-08 04:50:06 / January 8, 2019 @ 4:50 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:20:06 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 119.88 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000j1ap. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j1ap. Exact location of earthquake, 71.0913° East, 36.5058° North, depth 119.88 km.
Nearby 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 Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 44 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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