A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 96 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan (60 miles) on Monday. Id of earthquake: us200062ai. Event ids that are associated: us200062ai. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 72.588° East, latitude 37.8863° North, depth = 7.17 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.17 km (4 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:26:01 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/16 / 2016-06-06 04:26:01 / June 6, 2016 @ 4:26 am.
Each 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 96 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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