A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. The epicenter was at a depth of 235.37 km (146 miles). Global time and date of event 14/07/19 / 2019-07-14 18:34:45 / July 14, 2019 @ 6:34 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us70004k5m. Event ids that are associated: us70004k5m. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:04:45 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 71.1932 East, latitude 36.6937 North, depth = 235.37 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 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 seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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