A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008ysq. Unique identifier: us70008ysq. The temblor was reported at 22:55:44 / 10:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 18:25:44 / April 17, 2020 @ 6:25 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.2369 East, latitude 36.333 North, depth = 125.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 125.96 km (78 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 47 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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