A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. Exact location of event, longitude 73.4535 East, latitude 38.415 North, depth = 129.4 km. Unique identifier: us2000g3dj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g3dj. The temblor was detected at 00:46:48 / 12:46 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/18 / 2018-07-12 19:46:48 / July 12, 2018 @ 7:46 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 129.4 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob. Nearby country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km WNW of Murghob, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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