A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/11/15 / 2015-11-23 04:27:18 / November 23, 2015 @ 4:27 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us100040fu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100040fu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.1387 East, latitude 37.3942 North, depth = 214.01 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:27:18 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 214.01 km (133 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Khorugh, Khandūd (min 5000 pop).
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 fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km ENE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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