A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 73.0095 East, latitude 38.3454 North, depth = 122.24 km. The temblor was reported at 07:12:08 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 122.24 km (76 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/16 / 2016-07-18 02:12:08 / July 18, 2016 @ 2:12 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20006fg7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006fg7.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob. Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 86 km WNW of Murghob, Tajikistan.
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