A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Karakul in Tajikistan on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 103.45 km (64 miles). Exact location, longitude 73.822° East, latitude 38.6084° North, depth = 103.45 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:34:12 / 5:34 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10005f7r. Event ids that are associated: us10005f7r. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/05/16 / 2016-05-04 00:34:12 / May 4, 2016 @ 12:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Murghob. Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km SSE of Karakul, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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