A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. Unique identifier: us100036cl. Ids that are associated to the event: us100036cl. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/08/15 / 2015-08-31 16:13:41 / August 31, 2015 @ 4:13 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 126.6 km (79 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:13:41 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 126.6 km, 73.8549° East, 38.3383° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob. Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Close country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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