A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Karakul in Tajikistan on Monday. Event id: us100044l6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100044l6. The temblor was detected at 14:24:57 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 09:24:57 / December 7, 2015 @ 9:24 am. Exact location of event, longitude 73.0701 East, latitude 38.6662 North, depth = 34.87 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.87 km (22 miles).
Close country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km SW of Karakul, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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