A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan. Global time and date of event 24/03/16 / 2016-03-24 08:37:36 / March 24, 2016 @ 8:37 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:37:36 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20005c6w. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005c6w. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 70.7635° East, 39.0238° North. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Obigarm, Roghun, Novobod (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 33 km E of Gharm, Tajikistan.
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