A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/12/16 / 2016-12-11 23:47:25 / December 11, 2016 @ 11:47 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 117.28 km (73 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.6559 East, latitude 37.4735 North, depth = 117.28 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:47:25 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000802l. Event ids that are associated: us2000802l.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 9 km (6 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 7 km ESE of Shughnon, Tajikistan.
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