A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.33 km (14 miles). Exact location of event, depth 22.33 km, 70.8492° East, 38.9651° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/03/19 / 2019-03-31 11:51:30 / March 31, 2019 @ 11:51 am. The temblor was detected at 16:51:30 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000k7yz. Event ids that are associated: us2000k7yz.
Close country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Roghun, Novobod, Rasht (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop).
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 sixteen 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km E of Gharm, Tajikistan.
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