A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 228.12 km (142 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20006gyy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006gyy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/07/16 / 2016-07-22 22:13:35 / July 22, 2016 @ 10:13 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 72.248 East, latitude 37.5308 North, depth = 228.12 km. The temblor was detected at 03:13:35 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-two 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 quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 48 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.
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