A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. Exact location of earthquake, 73.2882° East, 38.0566° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000ngzd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngzd. The temblor was picked up at 13:09:25 / 1:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/24 / 2024-09-28 13:09:25 / September 28, 2024 @ 1:09 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 60 km WSW of Murghob, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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