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Moderate earthquake 5.5 mag, 28 km ESE of Roghun, Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.6624S, 70.1553WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (mg/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Roghun in Tajikistan. The temblor was reported at 08:31:42 / 8:31 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 11.24 km (7 miles). Global time of event 20/05/15 / 2015-05-20 03:31:42 / May 20, 2015 @ 3:31 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 70.1553 East, latitude 38.6624 North, depth 11.24 km, unique identifier, us10002aq2. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us10002aq2,.

Close countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Kŭlob (c. 78 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Vahdat (c. 45 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Danghara (c. 22 800 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Vose’ (c. 21 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Norak (c. 18 100 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Yovon (c. 17 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Mŭ’minobod (c. 12 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vose’, Yovon, Vahdat.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.1553° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.6624° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km ESE of Roghun, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-20 03:31:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-20 03:55:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.38 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 0 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 468 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 0.359 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25 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 us10002aq2 Id of event.
Event Code 10002aq2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002aq2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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