A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. Id of earthquake: us1000h8be. Event ids that are associated: us1000h8be. The temblor was picked up at 06:35:50 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/10/18 / 2018-10-07 01:35:50 / October 7, 2018 @ 1:35 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 71.6681° East, latitude 37.3402° North, depth = 122.55 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 122.55 km (76 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ashkāsham, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-five 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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