A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us60006b5n. Event ids that are associated: us60006b5n. Exact location, longitude 71.7816° East, latitude 37.5537° North, depth = 110.39 km. The temblor was reported at 18:44:09 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/11/19 / 2019-11-05 13:44:09 / November 5, 2019 @ 1:44 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 110.39 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
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 fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km ENE of Shughnon, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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