A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/06/17 / 2017-06-05 23:24:06 / June 5, 2017 @ 11:24 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 70.9056° East, latitude 38.935° North, depth = 4.87 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.87 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:24:06 / 4:24 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20009kun. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009kun.
Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Roghun, Novobod, Rasht (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-one 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.
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