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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near At-Bashi in Kyrgyzstan


Earthquake location 41.3577S, 75.6688WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from At-Bashi in Kyrgyzstan. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003gtb. Unique identifier: us20003gtb. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.83 km (19 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:34:17 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 75.6688 East, latitude 41.3577 North, depth = 30.83 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 20:34:17 / September 5, 2015 @ 8:34 pm.

The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Naryn (c. 52 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from At-Bashi (c. 15 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naryn, At-Bashi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop).

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

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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: 23 km NNW of At-Bashi, Kyrgyzstan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 75.6688° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.3577° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km NNW of At-Bashi, Kyrgyzstan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-05 20:34:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-05 22:16:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 360 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 1.151 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us20003gtb Id of event.
Event Code 20003gtb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003gtb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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