A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan on Friday. Event id: us2000fy3q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fy3q. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 116.79 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 71.7768 East, latitude 37.5284 North, depth = 116.79 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/18 / 2018-07-06 09:56:17 / July 6, 2018 @ 9:56 am. The temblor was detected at 14:56:17 / 2:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (13 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 17 km E of Shughnon, Tajikistan.
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