A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan on Monday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:58:50 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 02:58:50 / January 15, 2018 @ 2:58 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000cjls. Event ids that are associated: us2000cjls. Exact location of event, longitude 73.915 East, latitude 38.254 North, depth = 51.15 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.15 km (32 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Murghob. Epicenter of the earthquake was 10 km (6 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km NNW of Murghob, Tajikistan.
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