A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan. Exact location of event, longitude 70.2812 East, latitude 38.9292 North, depth = 42.66 km. The temblor was reported at 12:22:17 / 12:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/01/18 / 2018-01-08 07:22:17 / January 8, 2018 @ 7:22 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c1y7. Id of event: us1000c1y7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.66 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mŭ’minobod, Obigarm, Roghun. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Mŭ’minobod (c. 12 000 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 14 km (9 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km SW of Gharm, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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