A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000ahv9. Event ids that are associated: us7000ahv9. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:53:00 / 9:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/20 / 2020-07-04 09:53:00 / July 4, 2020 @ 9:53 am. Exact location of earthquake, 70.9063° East, 39.028° North, depth 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 108 km (67 miles) from Khaydarkan (c. 11 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Obigarm, Khaydarkan, Roghun. Close country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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