A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100.82 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:28:55 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/05/19 / 2019-05-20 06:58:55 / May 20, 2019 @ 6:58 am. Exact location of event, longitude 71.2423 East, latitude 36.3323 North, depth = 100.82 km. Event id: us70003nfh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003nfh.
Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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