A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 126.79 km (79 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 72.0922 East, latitude 37.6888 North, depth = 126.79 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/07/19 / 2019-07-10 01:10:27 / July 10, 2019 @ 1:10 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70004gha. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004gha. The temblor was picked up at 06:10:27 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd, Khorugh.
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 thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 49 km ENE of Shughnon, Tajikistan.
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