A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Novobod in Tajikistan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ac0. Id of event: us10007ac0. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/16 / 2016-11-19 02:01:22 / November 19, 2016 @ 2:01 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 70.2103° East, 38.8139° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:01:22 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Norak, Mŭ’minobod, Obigarm. The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Norak (c. 18 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Mŭ’minobod (c. 12 000 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km SSE of Novobod, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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