A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. The temblor was detected at 01:09:24 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20004gxj. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004gxj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/12/15 / 2015-12-13 20:09:24 / December 13, 2015 @ 8:09 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 43.78 km, 72.9184° East, 38.2907° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.78 km (27 miles).
The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Close country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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.
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