A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. Exact location of event, longitude 71.5364 East, latitude 37.2034 North, depth = 108.33 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 108.33 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: 30/10/19 / 2019-10-30 12:26:23 / October 30, 2019 @ 12:26 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:26:23 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us600064u9. Ids that are associated to the event: us600064u9.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Khandūd, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km WSW of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.
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