A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 77 km SW of Karakul, Tajikistan (48 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 11:30:38 / December 7, 2015 @ 11:30 am. Exact location of earthquake, 72.9069° East, 38.5227° North, depth 49.46 km. Event id: us100044m7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100044m7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:30:38 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.46 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 77 km SW of Karakul, Tajikistan.
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