A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/24 / 2024-07-27 15:46:59 / July 27, 2024 @ 3:46 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:46:59 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 71.135° East, 36.474° North, depth 109.955 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000ngd2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ngd2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.955 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim. Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 42 km WSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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