A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. Event id: us1000jcw2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jcw2. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/03/19 / 2019-03-09 13:06:54 / March 9, 2019 @ 1:06 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 72.22° East, latitude 37.654° North, depth = 169.33 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 169.33 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:06:54 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (38 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. 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 fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
Did you feel anything?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply