A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan on Thursday. Event id: us10006cy6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006cy6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:50:56 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/08/16 / 2016-08-11 13:50:56 / August 11, 2016 @ 1:50 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114.3 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 71.7045 East, latitude 37.603 North, depth = 114.3 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby 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, Khorugh (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km NE of Shughnon, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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