A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes Tajikistan kilometers (0 miles) from Tajikistan on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 152.32 km (95 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dtk2. Id of event: us1000dtk2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/04/18 / 2018-04-27 18:49:29 / April 27, 2018 @ 6:49 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:49:29 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 73.1011 East, latitude 38.0284 North, depth = 152.32 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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