A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Ishkashim in Tajikistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.55 km (66 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/16 / 2016-07-10 10:58:12 / July 10, 2016 @ 10:58 am. The temblor was reported at 15:28:12 / 3:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 106.55 km, 71.3813° East, 37.0391° North. Id of earthquake: us100062d1. Event ids that are associated: us100062d1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Fayzabad, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 40 km NNW of Ishkashim, Tajikistan.
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