A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan. Id of earthquake: us2000itd4. Event ids that are associated: us2000itd4. Exact location of event, longitude 71.8243 East, latitude 37.6808 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/12/18 / 2018-12-13 20:29:58 / December 13, 2018 @ 8:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:29:58 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh.
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-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km NE of Shughnon, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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