A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97.28 km (60 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000dz25. Event ids that are associated: us1000dz25. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/05/18 / 2018-05-06 00:01:14 / May 6, 2018 @ 12:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.3298 East, latitude 37.3838 North, depth = 97.28 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:31:14 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km WSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan.
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