A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 102.081 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 71.4759° East, 36.2339° North, depth 102.081 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:17:07 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/07/24 / 2024-07-06 21:17:07 / July 6, 2024 @ 9:17 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mxh7. Id of event: us7000mxh7.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham. Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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