A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 88 km E of Karakul, Tajikistan (55 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 74.5781° East, latitude 39.0831° North, depth = 35 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:02:41 / 12:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/04/19 / 2019-04-06 04:02:41 / April 6, 2019 @ 4:02 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000kb54. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000kb54.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 88 km E of Karakul, Tajikistan.
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