A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Ashk?sham in Afghanistan on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 219.02 km (136 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000ae50. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ae50. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:25:59 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/06/20 / 2020-06-29 07:25:59 / June 29, 2020 @ 7:25 am. Exact location of event, longitude 71.1993 East, latitude 36.7009 North, depth = 219.02 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 37 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). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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