A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 47 km WSW of Karakul, Tajikistan (29 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20004g1j. Unique identifier: us20004g1j. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/15 / 2015-12-10 00:01:31 / December 10, 2015 @ 12:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 73.0366 East, latitude 38.8621 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:01:31 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km WSW of Karakul, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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