A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. Exact location of event, depth 109.51 km, 71.5225° East, 37.2956° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.51 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 21:06:36 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/15 / 2015-12-06 16:06:36 / December 6, 2015 @ 4:06 pm. Unique identifier: us100044g6. Ids that are associated to the event: us100044g6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Khandūd, Jurm (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-nine 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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