A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Pārūn in Afghanistan on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.824 East, latitude 36.1345 North, depth = 115.635 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 14:42:44 / September 21, 2024 @ 2:42 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000nthh. Event ids that are associated: us6000nthh. The temblor was picked up at 14:42:44 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115.635 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-three 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 79 km N of Pārūn, Afghanistan.
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