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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Shughnon in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.6889S, 72.0763WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan. Global time and date of event 28/02/17 / 2017-02-28 13:42:19 / February 28, 2017 @ 1:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 18:42:19 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.0763 East, latitude 37.6889 North, depth = 133.77 km. Event id: us20008mxr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008mxr. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 133.77 km (83 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd, Khorugh. Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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: 48 km ENE of Shughnon, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 72.0763° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.6889° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 133.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km ENE of Shughnon, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-02-28 13:42:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-28 14:07:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.8 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 437 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 0.366 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us20008mxr Id of event.
Event Code 20008mxr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008mxr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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