A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. Exact location, longitude 71.2917° East, latitude 36.588° North, depth = 147.48 km. The temblor was reported at 23:05:20 / 11:05 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/19 / 2019-04-17 18:35:20 / April 17, 2019 @ 6:35 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us700037zm. Unique identifier: us700037zm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 147.48 km (92 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim. The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 24 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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