A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 73.1116° East, 37.6219° North, depth 22.94 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 22.94 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:45:59 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000d97e. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d97e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/18 / 2018-02-28 16:45:59 / February 28, 2018 @ 4:45 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Murghob (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 96 km SW of Murghob, Tajikistan.
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