A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Ishkashim in Tajikistan. Exact location, longitude 71.5092° East, latitude 36.9281° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/02/18 / 2018-02-12 07:41:00 / February 12, 2018 @ 7:41 am. The temblor was picked up at 12:41:00 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000d0uc. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d0uc.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 24 km NNW of Ishkashim, Tajikistan.
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