A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Karakenja in Tajikistan on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 06:38:04 / May 5, 2017 @ 6:38 am. Unique identifier: us10008pl5. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008pl5. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 71.4514° East, 39.4404° North. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:38:04 / 11:38 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Batken, Shohimardon, Khaydarkan (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Khaydarkan (c. 11 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Batken (c. 10 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Shohimardon (c. 5 100 pop).
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 six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 23 km NNW of Karakenja, Tajikistan.
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