A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 71.1905° East, latitude 36.531° North, depth = 85.7 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:51:03 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004842. Unique identifier: us10004842. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 85.7 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/15 / 2015-12-15 00:21:03 / December 15, 2015 @ 12:21 am.
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 35 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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