A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.21 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 70.8457° East, 38.9098° North, depth 10.21 km. Event id: us7000695a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000695a. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:17:04 / 7:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/19 / 2019-11-17 14:17:04 / November 17, 2019 @ 2:17 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Roghun, Novobod, Rasht.
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 42 km ESE of Gharm, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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