A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:52:52 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us1000c114. Unique identifier: us1000c114. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 175.21 km (109 miles). Exact location of event, depth 175.21 km, 74.315° East, 38.1718° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/18 / 2018-01-05 07:52:52 / January 5, 2018 @ 7:52 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Murghob. Close country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 was reported nearby. 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.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km E of Murghob, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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