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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.2838S, 71.799WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Sunday. Unique identifier: us20003pih. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003pih. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 141.24 km (88 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 14:31:27 / September 27, 2015 @ 2:31 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:31:27 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 71.799 East, latitude 37.2838 North, depth = 141.24 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km NW of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.799° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2838° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 141.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km NW 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 2015-09-27 14:31:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-27 15:42:33 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 259 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 0.269 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us20003pih Id of event.
Event Code 20003pih An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003pih, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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