A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us700090bj. Ids that are associated to the event: us700090bj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 08:16:14 / April 20, 2020 @ 8:16 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:16:14 / 1:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.3378 East, latitude 38.7023 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Norak, Mŭ’minobod, Obigarm (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Norak (c. 18 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Mŭ’minobod (c. 12 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 36 km S of Gharm, Tajikistan.
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