A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 185.08 km (115 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 31/08/19 / 2019-08-31 22:50:15 / August 31, 2019 @ 10:50 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 185.08 km, 74.058° East, 38.1607° North. Unique identifier: us70005cdr. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005cdr. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:50:15 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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