A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us10008quy. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008quy. The temblor was detected at 20:10:04 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 70.529° East, 38.9419° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 15:10:04 / May 9, 2017 @ 3:10 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Obigarm, Roghun, Novobod. Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SE of Gharm, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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