A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, depth 120.398 km, 71.3734° East, 36.4883° North. Event id: us7000mdej. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mdej. The temblor was detected at 04:32:52 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/04/24 / 2024-04-20 04:32:52 / April 20, 2024 @ 4:32 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 120.398 km (75 miles).
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 Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 25 km SSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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