A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 179.34 km (111 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us60006487. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006487. Global time and date of event 29/10/19 / 2019-10-29 03:55:14 / October 29, 2019 @ 3:55 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:25:14 / 8:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.3538 East, latitude 36.7185 North, depth = 179.34 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh, Fayzabad. Nearby 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 quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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