A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 72.1209° East, 37.4908° North, depth 189.33 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003nsk. Unique identifier: us20003nsk. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/15 / 2015-09-24 18:25:41 / September 24, 2015 @ 6:25 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:25:41 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 189.33 km (118 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh. Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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