A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. Exact location of event, longitude 71.5822 East, latitude 37.6465 North, depth = 33.27 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 33.27 km (21 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nsy5. Event ids that are associated: us6000nsy5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 20:23:37 / September 18, 2024 @ 8:23 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:23:37 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km N of Khorugh, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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