A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 72.3913° East, 37.6506° North, depth 199.84 km. Global time and date of event 01/01/18 / 2018-01-01 02:16:06 / January 1, 2018 @ 2:16 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 199.84 km (124 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bypr. Unique identifier: us1000bypr. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:16:06 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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