A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113.75 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:11:19 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us200063q6. Event ids that are associated: us200063q6. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 23:11:19 / June 10, 2016 @ 11:11 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 71.8093° East, latitude 37.6119° North, depth = 113.75 km.
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop).
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 fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 23 km ENE of Shughnon, Tajikistan.
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