A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:46:21 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 151.78 km (94 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/24 / 2024-07-05 13:46:21 / July 5, 2024 @ 1:46 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mx8t. Unique identifier: us7000mx8t. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.4514 East, latitude 36.718 North, depth = 151.78 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Khorugh, Khandūd. Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km WNW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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