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Strong earthquake 6.2 mag, 36 km NW of Ishkashim, Tajikistan


Earthquake location 36.9902S, 71.3687WA earthquake with magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ishkashim in Tajikistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e19e. Unique identifier: us1000e19e. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:11:45 / 3:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 111.93 km (70 miles). Global time and date of event 09/05/18 / 2018-05-09 10:41:45 / May 9, 2018 @ 10:41 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.3687 East, latitude 36.9902 North, depth = 111.93 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Fayzabad, Khorugh.

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two 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. 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: 36 km NW of Ishkashim, Tajikistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.3687° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.9902° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 111.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km NW of Ishkashim, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-09 10:41:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-09 11:05:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 78 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.21 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 630 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 0.586 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 19 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000e19e Id of event.
Event Code 1000e19e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e19e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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