Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Karakenja in Tajikistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Karakenja in Tajikistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008p98. Unique identifier: us10008p98. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:10:03 / 4:10 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/17 / 2017-05-04 11:10:03 / May 4, 2017 @ 11:10 am. Exact location of earthquake, 71.4785° East, 39.5201° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 100 km (62 miles) from Fergana (c. 164 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Isfara (c. 37 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Quvasoy (c. 32 000 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Kyzyl-Kyya (c. 32 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Iradan (c. 26 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Oltiariq (c. 25 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Komsomol’skiy (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Komsomol’skiy, Hamza, Fergana (min 5000 pop).

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

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km N of Karakenja, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	71.4785° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.5201° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	31km N of Karakenja, Tajikistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-05-04 11:10:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-05-04 11:45:04	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	300	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	369	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	0.739	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	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	us10008p98	Id of event.
Event Code	10008p98	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008p98,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

71.4785° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

39.5201° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

31km N of Karakenja, Tajikistan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-05-04 11:10:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-05-04 11:45:04

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

300

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

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

369

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.739

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.77 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10008p98

Id of event.

Event Code

10008p98

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us10008p98,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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