A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.0998 East, latitude 37.4628 North, depth = 195.28 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20003m6y. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003m6y. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 14:30:23 / September 20, 2015 @ 2:30 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 195.28 km (121 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 19:30:23 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-one 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 33 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.
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