A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 52 km WSW of Karakul, Tajikistan (32 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.29 km (34 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us100044m5. Unique identifier: us100044m5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 73.0252 East, latitude 38.7772 North, depth = 54.29 km. Global time and date of event 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 11:19:31 / December 7, 2015 @ 11:19 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:19:31 / 4:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km WSW of Karakul, Tajikistan.
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