A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 108 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan (67 miles) on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.16 km (28 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 08:24:15 / December 7, 2015 @ 8:24 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us100044kg. Unique identifier: us100044kg. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:24:15 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 72.7274° East, latitude 38.2018° North, depth = 45.16 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 108 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan.
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