A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 156.817 km (97 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 72.011° East, latitude 37.3261° North, depth = 156.817 km. Global time and date of event 05/01/25 / 2025-01-05 06:56:46 / January 5, 2025 @ 6:56 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000phyj. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phyj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:56:46 / 6:56 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km ESE of Khorugh, Tajikistan.
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