A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ayb9. Id of event: us1000ayb9. The temblor was detected at 20:15:36 / 8:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/10/17 / 2017-10-29 15:15:36 / October 29, 2017 @ 3:15 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 146 km (91 miles). Exact location of event, depth 146 km, 74.6487° East, 38.2264° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km E of Murghob, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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