A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/06/18 / 2018-06-26 18:48:49 / June 26, 2018 @ 6:48 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 71.6788° East, 37.3085° North, depth 122.89 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:48:49 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000f2ij. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f2ij. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 122.89 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ashkāsham, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Every 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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km WNW of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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