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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Karakul in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 39.2072S, 74.4709WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km ENE of Karakul, Tajikistan (51 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 74.4709° East, 39.2072° North, depth 54.81 km. Event id: us20007zz3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zz3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.81 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/12/16 / 2016-12-11 14:21:11 / December 11, 2016 @ 2:21 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:21:11 / 10:21 pm (local time epicenter).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days ninety-six 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km ENE of Karakul, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 74.4709° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.2072° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82km ENE of Karakul, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-11 14:21:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-11 15:45:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 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 298 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 2.772 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us20007zz3 Id of event.
Event Code 20007zz3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007zz3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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