A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, 71.1757° East, 36.6885° North, depth 222.3 km. Id of earthquake: us20005yu6. Event ids that are associated: us20005yu6. The temblor was detected at 16:12:19 / 4:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 222.3 km (138 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/16 / 2016-05-28 11:42:19 / May 28, 2016 @ 11:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Jurm (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 31 km W of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.
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