A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.96 km (67 miles). Unique identifier: us10007v8y. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007v8y. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.6964 East, latitude 37.4418 North, depth = 107.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:08:51 / 1:08 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/17 / 2017-01-24 20:08:51 / January 24, 2017 @ 8:08 pm.
The epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 77 km (48 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 Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km ESE of Shughnon, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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