A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Thursday. Event id: us70008g7i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008g7i. 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 101.7 km (63 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:52:21 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/03/20 / 2020-03-26 04:22:21 / March 26, 2020 @ 4:22 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 71.2398 East, latitude 36.4352 North, depth = 101.7 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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