A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Karakenja in Tajikistan. Global time and date of event 03/05/20 / 2020-05-03 14:42:12 / May 3, 2020 @ 2:42 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700099ct. Id of event: us700099ct. Exact location of earthquake, 71.5253° East, 39.3074° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 19:42:12 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Khaydarkan (c. 11 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Shohimardon (c. 5 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shohimardon, Khaydarkan. Nearby country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km N of Karakenja, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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