Quake Info: Moderate Mag. 4.7 Earthquake

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake close to Farkhor, Viloyati Khatlon, Tajikistan, was reported solely 13 minutes in the past by India’s Nationwide Middle for Seismology (NCS), thought of the principle nationwide company that screens seismic exercise on this a part of the world. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter within the afternoon on Friday, April twenty second, 2022, at 4:05 pm native time. The precise magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake could be revised inside the subsequent few hours or minutes as seismologists evaluate knowledge and refine their calculations, or as different companies challenge their report.
Primarily based on the preliminary seismic knowledge, the quake was in all probability felt by many individuals within the space of the epicenter. It mustn’t have prompted important injury, apart from objects falling from cabinets, damaged home windows, and many others.
In Farkhor (pop. 21,700) situated 17 km from the epicenter, the quake ought to have been felt as gentle shaking.
Weak shaking may need been felt in Chubek (pop. 19,600) situated 35 km from the epicenter, Hulbuk (pop. 21,700) 36 km away, Vakhsh (pop. 15,200) 43 km away, Kurgan-Tyube (pop. 65,000) 52 km away, Danghara (pop. 22,800) 53 km away, Kŭlob (pop. 78,800) 53 km away, Kolkhozobod (pop. 18,500) 57 km away, and Moskovskiy (pop. 22,100) 64 km away.
Different cities or cities close to the epicenter the place the quake may need been felt as very weak shaking embrace Duschanbe (pop. 679,400) situated 112 km from the epicenter.
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