A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:01:01 / 7:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/18 / 2018-05-07 14:01:01 / May 7, 2018 @ 2:01 pm. Exact location of event, depth 112.72 km, 71.5611° East, 37.326° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000dzws. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dzws. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.72 km (70 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Jurm, Khandūd. Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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