A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/07/18 / 2018-07-14 03:13:42 / July 14, 2018 @ 3:13 am. Id of earthquake: us2000g4ts. Event ids that are associated: us2000g4ts. The temblor was detected at 08:13:42 / 8:13 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 114.8 km (71 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.4676 East, latitude 37.1402 North, depth = 114.8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Khandūd, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
How would you describe the shaking?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 34 km WSW of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply