A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Komsomolobod in Tajikistan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/19 / 2019-08-03 08:09:15 / August 3, 2019 @ 8:09 am. Event id: us60005039. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60005039. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:09:15 / 1:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 70.0929° East, 38.8359° North, depth 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Norak, Mŭ’minobod, Obigarm (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Norak (c. 18 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mŭ’minobod (c. 12 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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