A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 71.009 East, latitude 36.1941 North, depth = 113.54 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 113.54 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/10/20 / 2020-10-11 13:36:34 / October 11, 2020 @ 1:36 pm. The temblor was reported at 13:36:34 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000c7jn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c7jn.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pārūn, Ishqoshim, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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