A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 02:42:49 / 2:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.6274 East, latitude 37.2882 North, depth = 115.04 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000cka9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cka9. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/18 / 2018-01-02 21:42:49 / January 2, 2018 @ 9:42 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115.04 km (71 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Khandūd, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (15 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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