Moderate magnitude 4.5 quake hits 43 km northwest of Murghab, Tajikistan after midnight

Just 16 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Murghab, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. The tremor was recorded after midnight on Tuesday 4 May 2021 at 12:13 am local time, at an intermediate depth of 112 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.5 as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Murghab (pop. 10,800) located 43 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: 4 May 12:13 am (GMT +5) local time (3 May 2021 19:13 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 112.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 38.38°N / 73.55°E (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan)
Primary data source: GFZ