A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/08/15 / 2015-08-26 13:18:30 / August 26, 2015 @ 1:18 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:18:30 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 163.37 km (102 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034zw. Id of event: us100034zw. Exact location of earthquake, 71.8788° East, 37.3848° North, depth 163.37 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd. Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 62 km (38 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 one and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km NNE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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