A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 55 km NE of Karakul, Tajikistan (34 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200082jb. Id of event: us200082jb. The epicenter was at a depth of 61.82 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 73.9595° East, latitude 39.3878° North, depth = 61.82 km. The temblor was reported at 18:57:33 / 6:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 10:57:33 / December 19, 2016 @ 10:57 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 55 km NE of Karakul, Tajikistan.
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