A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/05/24 / 2024-05-08 04:51:46 / May 8, 2024 @ 4:51 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mx4w. Unique identifier: us6000mx4w. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.3433 East, latitude 36.4562 North, depth = 102.756 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 102.756 km (64 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:51:46 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 30 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan.
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