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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Shughnon in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.5284S, 71.7768WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan on Friday. Event id: us2000fy3q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fy3q. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 116.79 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 71.7768 East, latitude 37.5284 North, depth = 116.79 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/18 / 2018-07-06 09:56:17 / July 6, 2018 @ 9:56 am. The temblor was detected at 14:56:17 / 2:56 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (13 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 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: 17 km E of Shughnon, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.7768° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5284° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km E 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 2018-07-06 09:56:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-06 13:04:09 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 298 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 0.092 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 90 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 us2000fy3q Id of event.
Event Code 2000fy3q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000fy3q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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