A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. The epicenter was at a depth of 87.86 km (55 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 71.5238 East, latitude 36.4232 North, depth = 87.86 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us60006bff. Unique identifier: us60006bff. The temblor was reported at 13:53:33 / 1:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/11/19 / 2019-11-14 09:23:33 / November 14, 2019 @ 9:23 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd, Jurm, Ishqoshim.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km S of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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