A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:35:55 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10008vll. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008vll. Exact location of event, longitude 70.7814 East, latitude 38.8921 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/05/17 / 2017-05-26 21:35:55 / May 26, 2017 @ 9:35 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Roghun, Novobod, Rasht. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km ESE of Gharm, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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