A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:04:42 / 4:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 11:34:42 / July 8, 2018 @ 11:34 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000fzsd. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000fzsd. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.5513 East, latitude 37.805 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 33 km N of Shughnon, Tajikistan.
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