A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.5349 East, latitude 36.6517 North, depth = 404.76 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 404.76 km (252 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008q25. Id of event: us10008q25. The temblor was reported at 14:22:29 / 2:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/05/17 / 2017-05-06 09:52:29 / May 6, 2017 @ 9:52 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 4 km (2 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Khorugh, Khandūd.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km S of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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