A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 103.992 km (65 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/10/24 / 2024-10-15 17:42:53 / October 15, 2024 @ 5:42 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:42:53 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 103.992 km, 71.3354° East, 36.4652° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nyvq. Unique identifier: us6000nyvq.
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham.
Every 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 seven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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