A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ishkashim in Tajikistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:43:29 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 281.05 km, 71.6407° East, 36.6676° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/16 / 2016-12-06 18:13:29 / December 6, 2016 @ 6:13 pm. Unique identifier: us10007f7x. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007f7x. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 281.05 km (175 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh, Jurm, Khandūd. Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby 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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km SSE of Ishkashim, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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