A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Monday. Id of earthquake: us10007ds7. Event ids that are associated: us10007ds7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 14:08:53 / November 21, 2016 @ 2:08 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.27 East, latitude 37.5921 North, depth = 199.5 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:08:53 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 199.5 km (124 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 54 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.
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