A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Muminobod in Tajikistan. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:32:10 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 70.5856 East, latitude 38.4176 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 19/08/16 / 2016-08-19 22:32:10 / August 19, 2016 @ 10:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10006fb2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006fb2.
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Kŭlob (c. 78 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mŭ’minobod (c. 12 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kŭlob, Obigarm, Novobod (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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