A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Thursday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:14:04 / 11:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 224.06 km, 71.1564° East, 36.5378° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 224.06 km (139 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003t1y. Unique identifier: us70003t1y. Global time and date of event 30/05/19 / 2019-05-30 06:44:04 / May 30, 2019 @ 6:44 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 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: 37 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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