A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Khodzha-Maston in Tajikistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 68.665° East, 38.8782° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/11/24 / 2024-11-08 11:53:05 / November 8, 2024 @ 11:53 am. Unique identifier: us7000nql5. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nql5. The temblor was picked up at 11:53:05 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Dushanbe (c. 679 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Vahdat (c. 45 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tursunzoda (c. 38 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hisor (c. 24 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Boshkengash (c. 23 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Norak (c. 18 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Obigarm, Norak, Yovon.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 15 km NNE of Khodzha-Maston, Tajikistan.
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