A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan. Exact location of event, longitude 70.6967 East, latitude 38.9948 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/04/18 / 2018-04-30 12:57:51 / April 30, 2018 @ 12:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dupu. Unique identifier: us1000dupu. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:57:51 / 5:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Obigarm, Roghun, Novobod.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km E of Gharm, Tajikistan.
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