A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 73.7371 East, latitude 38.4832 North, depth = 121.59 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 121.59 km (76 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000733k. Event ids that are associated: us1000733k. Global time and date of event 30/10/16 / 2016-10-30 15:18:58 / October 30, 2016 @ 3:18 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:18:58 / 8:18 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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