A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan. Global time and date of event 04/08/19 / 2019-08-04 12:45:47 / August 4, 2019 @ 12:45 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 120.36 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:45:47 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 120.36 km, 72.0865° East, 37.7974° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600050jk. Id of event: us600050jk.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
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. 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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km NE of Shughnon, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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