A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 70.897° East, 38.8363° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000buhp. Id of event: us1000buhp. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/12/17 / 2017-12-15 04:18:05 / December 15, 2017 @ 4:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:18:05 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Roghun, Novobod, Rasht (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 50 km ESE of Gharm, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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