A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Obigarm in Tajikistan on Monday. The earthquake occurred 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). The temblor was reported at 05:34:49 / 5:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/20 / 2020-07-13 05:34:49 / July 13, 2020 @ 5:34 am. Unique identifier: us7000amkv. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000amkv. Exact location, longitude 69.8073° East, latitude 38.5426° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dushanbe, Boshkengash, Vose’ (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Dushanbe (c. 679 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kŭlob (c. 78 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vahdat (c. 45 700 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Boshkengash (c. 23 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Danghara (c. 22 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Vose’ (c. 21 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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