A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Monday. Exact location, longitude 71.101° East, latitude 36.453° North, depth = 216.22 km. The temblor was reported at 18:53:14 / 6:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 216.22 km (134 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60003sq6. Unique identifier: us60003sq6. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/19 / 2019-05-27 14:23:14 / May 27, 2019 @ 2:23 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Jurm. Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Close 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 46 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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