A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008g6n. Unique identifier: us10008g6n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.196 East, latitude 37.8055 North, depth = 115.51 km. The temblor was reported at 11:57:36 / 11:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115.51 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/04/17 / 2017-04-10 06:57:36 / April 10, 2017 @ 6:57 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 63 km ENE of Shughnon, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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