A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 62 km ENE of Karakul, Tajikistan (39 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 74.1789° East, latitude 39.2922° North, depth = 36.56 km. The temblor was detected at 09:15:17 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000807f. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000807f. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.56 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 05/12/16 / 2016-12-05 01:15:17 / December 5, 2016 @ 1:15 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 62 km ENE of Karakul, Tajikistan.
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