A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. Unique identifier: us10007p4w. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007p4w. Global time and date of event 01/01/17 / 2017-01-01 22:06:44 / January 1, 2017 @ 10:06 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:36:44 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 106.47 km, 71.4414° East, 36.5621° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.47 km (66 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Jurm, Ishqoshim.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km SSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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