A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nsxz. Unique identifier: us6000nsxz. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 20:14:20 / September 18, 2024 @ 8:14 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:14:20 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.6181 East, latitude 37.6799 North, depth = 54.103 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.103 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 21 km NNE of Khorugh, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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