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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake strikes near Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.2851S, 71.7693WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (mg/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. The temblor was reported at 05:46:34 / 5:46 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 127.03 km (79 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-03 12:46:34 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 71.7693 East, latitude 37.2851 North, depth 127.03 km.

Close countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.7693° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2851° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 127.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km WNW of Roshtqal'a, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-01-03 12:46:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-01-03 13:06:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 369 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources us A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.965 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID usc000tbeq Id of event.
Event Code c000tbeq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usc000tbeq A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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