A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.4647 East, latitude 37.0758 North, depth = 108.72 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003z40. Id of event: us10003z40. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 21:04:46 / November 17, 2015 @ 9:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 108.72 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 02:04:46 / 2:04 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Khandūd, Jurm. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 37 km WSW of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.
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