A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Kolkhozobod in Tajikistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 68.6433° East, 37.6158° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/20 / 2020-04-24 22:46:32 / April 24, 2020 @ 10:46 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:46:32 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700097g2. Id of event: us700097g2.
Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Qŭrghonteppa (c. 65 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Sho’rchi (c. 24 900 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Danghara (c. 22 800 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Farkhor (c. 21 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Vose’ (c. 21 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vose’, Yangī Qal‘ah, Sho’rchi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 3 km NNW of Kolkhozobod, Tajikistan.
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