A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d2wb. Id of event: us7000d2wb. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90.62 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/21 / 2021-01-24 11:54:14 / January 24, 2021 @ 11:54 am. Exact location of event, longitude 71.3248 East, latitude 36.528 North, depth = 90.62 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:54:14 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim. Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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