A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.4 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 18:18:10 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/17 / 2017-01-15 13:18:10 / January 15, 2017 @ 1:18 pm. Exact location of event, depth 6.4 km, 70.6915° East, 38.9013° North. Unique identifier: us10007tdw. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007tdw.
Nearby country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Obigarm, Roghun, Novobod (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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