A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Karakenja in Tajikistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/12/17 / 2017-12-02 08:28:08 / December 2, 2017 @ 8:28 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.02 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.132 East, latitude 39.1601 North, depth = 44.02 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:28:08 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000bk8u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bk8u.
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Khaydarkan (c. 11 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khaydarkan, Novobod, Rasht (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan.
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