A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/16 / 2016-05-04 09:51:49 / May 4, 2016 @ 9:51 am. The temblor was picked up at 14:51:49 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005dkp. Unique identifier: us10005dkp. Exact location of event, longitude 74.1438 East, latitude 38.1953 North, depth = 168.3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 168.3 km (105 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Murghob (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km E of Murghob, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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