A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. Exact location of event, longitude 72.2395 East, latitude 37.6321 North, depth = 176.36 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 05:57:24 / January 24, 2020 @ 5:57 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 176.36 km (110 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:57:24 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007egf. Id of event: us60007egf.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-one 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 55 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.
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