A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Karakenja in Tajikistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.3715 East, latitude 39.2085 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:44:21 / 5:44 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/09/24 / 2024-09-28 05:44:21 / September 28, 2024 @ 5:44 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000p01f. Event ids that are associated: us6000p01f. 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).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Khaydarkan (c. 11 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rasht, Khaydarkan.
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 13 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan.
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