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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.1402S, 71.4676WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/07/18 / 2018-07-14 03:13:42 / July 14, 2018 @ 3:13 am. Id of earthquake: us2000g4ts. Event ids that are associated: us2000g4ts. The temblor was detected at 08:13:42 / 8:13 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 114.8 km (71 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.4676 East, latitude 37.1402 North, depth = 114.8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Khandūd, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 34 km WSW of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.4676° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.1402° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km WSW 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 2018-07-14 03:13:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-02 23:28:14 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 0.418 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us2000g4ts Id of event.
Event Code 2000g4ts An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000g4ts, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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