A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 189.53 km (118 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:37:48 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 71.2837° East, 36.6932° North, depth 189.53 km. Id of earthquake: us10002mft. Event ids that are associated: us10002mft. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/06/15 / 2015-06-29 22:07:48 / June 29, 2015 @ 10:07 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km W of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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