A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 47 km WSW of Karakul, Tajikistan (29 miles) on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us100044y7. Unique identifier: us100044y7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 23:27:10 / December 7, 2015 @ 11:27 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 66.48 km (41 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:27:10 / 4:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 73.0724° East, latitude 38.7954° North, depth = 66.48 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days fourty 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 47 km WSW of Karakul, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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