A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 125.68 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:48:44 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/12/18 / 2018-12-30 04:48:44 / December 30, 2018 @ 4:48 am. Exact location of earthquake, 73.5977° East, 38.279° North, depth 125.68 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iz3f. Id of event: us2000iz3f.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Murghob (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km WNW of Murghob, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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