A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/10/17 / 2017-10-24 12:54:09 / October 24, 2017 @ 12:54 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 137.67 km (86 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000awa7. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000awa7. Exact location of event, depth 137.67 km, 73.9708° East, 38.3511° North. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:54:09 / 5:54 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob. Nearby country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 20 km N of Murghob, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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