A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/08/18 / 2018-08-14 10:10:48 / August 14, 2018 @ 10:10 am. Exact location of event, depth 222.21 km, 72.1444° East, 37.3388° North. The temblor was detected at 15:10:48 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 222.21 km (138 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000g8ru. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g8ru.
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two and in the last 365 days fifty-three 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km ENE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.
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