A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Karakul in Tajikistan on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us100044nz. Unique identifier: us100044nz. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 73.2227 East, latitude 38.5424 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 15:23:56 / December 7, 2015 @ 3:23 pm. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:23:56 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Murghob. Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty 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. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km SSW of Karakul, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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