A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:45:54 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/07/15 / 2015-07-12 16:45:54 / July 12, 2015 @ 4:45 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 71.9121° East, 37.2454° North, depth 161.88 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 161.88 km (101 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002wyp. Id of event: us20002wyp.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 six and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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