A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. Global time and date of event 08/11/16 / 2016-11-08 00:14:47 / November 8, 2016 @ 12:14 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:44:47 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 99.48 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 71.2227° East, 37.2551° North, depth 99.48 km. Unique identifier: us1000766s. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000766s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad. Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km SW of Khorugh, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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