A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.8264 East, latitude 37.2658 North, depth = 144.33 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:08:36 / 3:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 10:08:36 / January 7, 2020 @ 10:08 am. Event id: us70006vni. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006vni. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 144.33 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 0 km N of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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