A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002xgc. Id of event: us10002xgc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 120.53 km, 73.9398° East, 38.5418° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 14:37:11 / August 3, 2015 @ 2:37 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:37:11 / 7:37 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 120.53 km (75 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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