A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008vyr. Unique identifier: us10008vyr. Exact location, longitude 71.9001° East, latitude 37.2317° North, depth = 168.74 km. Global time and date of event 28/05/17 / 2017-05-28 23:50:03 / May 28, 2017 @ 11:50 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:50:03 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 168.74 km (105 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km ESE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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