A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan on Tuesday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:49:23 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 72.4117° East, latitude 37.8619° North, depth = 132.18 km. Unique identifier: us1000h931. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h931. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 132.18 km (82 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/10/18 / 2018-10-09 00:49:23 / October 9, 2018 @ 12:49 am.
Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorugh (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 83 km ENE of Shughnon, Tajikistan.
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