A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan on Saturday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:00:38 / 10:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.02 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 70.6258° East, 38.7603° North, depth 11.02 km. Unique identifier: us10006bv6. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006bv6. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/16 / 2016-08-06 17:00:38 / August 6, 2016 @ 5:00 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mŭ’minobod, Obigarm, Roghun (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Mŭ’minobod (c. 12 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km SE of Gharm, Tajikistan.
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