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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan

Posted by admin on July 17, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.5231S, 72.2694WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 207.39 km (129 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:28:25 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.2694 East, latitude 37.5231 North, depth = 207.39 km. Global time and date of event 17/07/17 / 2017-07-17 00:28:25 / July 17, 2017 @ 12:28 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20009wu1. Event ids that are associated: us20009wu1.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 72.2694° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5231° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 207.39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49km NE of Roshtqal'a, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-17 00:28:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-17 00:49:15 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 259 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 0.484 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us20009wu1 Id of event.
Event Code 20009wu1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009wu1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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