A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/02/19 / 2019-02-04 12:33:46 / February 4, 2019 @ 12:33 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.48 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 70.5909 East, latitude 38.4815 North, depth = 35.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:33:46 / 5:33 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000jd43. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jd43.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Kŭlob (c. 78 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Mŭ’minobod (c. 12 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kŭlob, Obigarm, Roghun (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty 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.
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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: 63 km SSE of Gharm, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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