A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Saturday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:31:29 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/10/16 / 2016-10-21 23:31:29 / October 21, 2016 @ 11:31 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 213.56 km (133 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 71.8842 East, latitude 37.2754 North, depth = 213.56 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007g1j. Id of event: us20007g1j.
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 Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (23 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km ENE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.
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