A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 71.3135° East, 36.6231° North, depth 228.939 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 228.939 km (142 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 16:47:56 / December 29, 2024 @ 4:47 pm. The temblor was detected at 16:47:56 / 4:47 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgbh. Id of event: us6000pgbh.
Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim. 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 four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km WSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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