A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 191.97 km (119 miles). Id of earthquake: us700038bf. Event ids that are associated: us700038bf. Exact location, longitude 72.064° East, latitude 37.425° North, depth = 191.97 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/04/19 / 2019-04-18 00:44:55 / April 18, 2019 @ 12:44 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:44:55 / 5:44 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Khandūd, Khorugh. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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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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: 28 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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