Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Chorbog in Tajikistan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Chorbog in Tajikistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 68.3257 East, latitude 37.4644 North, depth = 31.32 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003fvn. Unique identifier: us20003fvn. The temblor was detected at 02:09:53 / 2:09 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 21:09:53 / September 2, 2015 @ 9:09 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.32 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Qŭrghonteppa (c. 65 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sho’rchi (c. 24 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Kolkhozobod (c. 18 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Vakhsh (c. 15 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Shahritus (c. 13 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dasht-e Archī, Sho’rchi, Panj (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km ENE of Chorbog, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	68.3257° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.4644° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.32 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km ENE of Chorbog, Tajikistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-09-02 21:09:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-09-02 22:15:29	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	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	271	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	0.188	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	71	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	us20003fvn	Id of event.
Event Code	20003fvn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20003fvn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

68.3257° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

37.4644° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

31.32 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

12km ENE of Chorbog, Tajikistan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2015-09-02 21:09:53

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-09-02 22:15:29

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

300

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

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

271

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.188

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.06 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us20003fvn

Id of event.

Event Code

20003fvn

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us20003fvn,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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