A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 189.27 km (118 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 189.27 km, 72.1843° East, 37.5163° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:08:24 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/18 / 2018-04-26 01:08:24 / April 26, 2018 @ 1:08 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dsgt. Id of event: us1000dsgt.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh. Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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