A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 71.6013 East, latitude 37.3785 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/11/19 / 2019-11-25 01:38:26 / November 25, 2019 @ 1:38 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70006cld. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006cld. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:38:26 / 6:38 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Jurm, Khandūd. Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 13 km SSE of Khorugh, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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