A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/08/16 / 2016-08-19 20:01:26 / August 19, 2016 @ 8:01 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 163.76 km (102 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006f91. Unique identifier: us10006f91. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 71.7995° East, latitude 37.407° North, depth = 163.76 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:01:26 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km N of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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