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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.2783S, 71.8885WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes Tajikistan kilometers (0 miles) from Tajikistan on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 21:54:03 / 9:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 191.52 km (119 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20006gkp. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006gkp. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/16 / 2016-07-21 21:54:03 / July 21, 2016 @ 9:54 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.8885 East, latitude 37.2783 North, depth = 191.52 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.8885° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2783° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 191.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-21 21:54:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-30 22:22:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 0.31 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 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 us20006gkp Id of event.
Event Code 20006gkp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006gkp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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