A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ishkashim in Tajikistan. The temblor was picked up at 05:43:37 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.21 km (68 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/01/20 / 2020-01-28 00:43:37 / January 28, 2020 @ 12:43 am. Exact location, longitude 71.5644° East, latitude 36.7725° North, depth = 110.21 km. Event id: us60007hu5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007hu5.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorugh, Khandūd, Jurm (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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