A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan on Friday. The temblor was detected at 00:30:48 / 12:30 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/08/24 / 2024-08-30 00:30:48 / August 30, 2024 @ 12:30 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 124.321 km (77 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.0528 East, latitude 36.4112 North, depth = 124.321 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nnl7. Unique identifier: us6000nnl7.
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Jurm. The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 52 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan.
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