A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 229.94 km, 71.1327° East, 36.4666° North. The temblor was picked up at 13:18:44 / 1:18 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 229.94 km (143 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jcbe. Id of event: us2000jcbe. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 08:48:44 / February 2, 2019 @ 8:48 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim. Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 43 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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