A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:31:34 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 73.9636 East, latitude 38.1345 North, depth = 200.74 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/15 / 2015-07-06 01:31:34 / July 6, 2015 @ 1:31 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002nkz. Id of event: us10002nkz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 200.74 km (125 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 4 km (2 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Murghob (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km S of Murghob, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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