A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 116 km E of Murghob, Tajikistan (72 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 123.95 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 75.2811 East, latitude 38.3165 North, depth = 123.95 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:37:00 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60007mkg. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007mkg. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/02/20 / 2020-02-02 05:37:00 / February 2, 2020 @ 5:37 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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