A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 139.92 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000chn8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000chn8. The temblor was reported at 00:34:33 / 12:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 72.1924° East, 37.7994° North, depth 139.92 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 19:34:33 / February 6, 2018 @ 7:34 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh. Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
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 fourty-one 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. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 63 km ENE of Shughnon, Tajikistan.
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