A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:36:54 / 4:36 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 196.603 km (122 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000n9fk. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n9fk. Exact location of event, longitude 72.2004 East, latitude 37.5279 North, depth = 196.603 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 04:36:54 / August 26, 2024 @ 4:36 am.
The epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 57 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan.
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