A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/11/18 / 2018-11-17 03:29:27 / November 17, 2018 @ 3:29 am. Exact location, longitude 72.1647° East, latitude 37.4708° North, depth = 192.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:29:27 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000ht2k. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ht2k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 192.96 km (120 miles).
Event epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 38 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.
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