A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/19 / 2019-05-02 16:55:53 / May 2, 2019 @ 4:55 pm. The temblor was picked up at 21:55:53 / 9:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 210.64 km (131 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 210.64 km, 72.1729° East, 37.4381° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70003fu4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003fu4.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd, Khorugh. Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 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-six 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km ENE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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