A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.0264 East, latitude 37.4396 North, depth = 156.41 km. Unique identifier: us1000dzdz. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dzdz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:13:40 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/05/18 / 2018-05-06 16:13:40 / May 6, 2018 @ 4:13 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 156.41 km (97 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close 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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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