A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.8287 East, latitude 37.1522 North, depth = 149.73 km. Unique identifier: us20007epm. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007epm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 149.73 km (93 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/16 / 2016-10-17 05:40:03 / October 17, 2016 @ 5:40 am. The temblor was detected at 10:40:03 / 10:40 am (local time epicenter). 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). The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jurm, Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km S of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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