A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113.421 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 00:15:01 / 12:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/12/24 / 2024-12-26 00:15:01 / December 26, 2024 @ 12:15 am. Event id: us6000pfme. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pfme. Exact location of event, depth 113.421 km, 72.977° East, 38.3058° North.
Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Murghob. Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 87 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan.
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