A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Karakul in Tajikistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 73.4594 East, latitude 38.6627 North, depth = 146.59 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 146.59 km (91 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:57:06 / 11:57 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70005lid. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005lid. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 06:57:06 / September 26, 2019 @ 6:57 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Murghob (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
How would you describe the shaking?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km SSW of Karakul, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply