A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j6gf. Unique identifier: us2000j6gf. Exact location of event, longitude 71.7421 East, latitude 37.5589 North, depth = 105.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:56:42 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/01/19 / 2019-01-19 21:56:42 / January 19, 2019 @ 9:56 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105.22 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km ENE of Shughnon, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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