A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Karakul in Tajikistan on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 73.1817° East, 38.6712° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/15 / 2015-12-11 19:21:22 / December 11, 2015 @ 7:21 pm. Unique identifier: us20004gkk. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004gkk. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:21:22 / 12:21 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 48 km SW of Karakul, Tajikistan.
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