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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Gharm in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.8921S, 70.7814WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Gharm in Tajikistan. 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). The temblor was detected at 02:35:55 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10008vll. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008vll. Exact location of event, longitude 70.7814 East, latitude 38.8921 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/05/17 / 2017-05-26 21:35:55 / May 26, 2017 @ 9:35 pm.

Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Roghun, Novobod, Rasht. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km ESE of Gharm, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.7814° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.8921° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km ESE of Gharm, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-26 21:35:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-26 21:53:42 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 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 0.378 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us10008vll Id of event.
Event Code 10008vll An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008vll, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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