A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Karakul in Tajikistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.06 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 73.0463° East, latitude 38.5131° North, depth = 39.06 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 11:48:03 / December 7, 2015 @ 11:48 am. The temblor was picked up at 16:48:03 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100044ma. Id of event: us100044ma.
Close country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 69 km SW of Karakul, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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