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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Ishkashim in Tajikistan

Posted by admin on October 4, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.9566S, 71.5667WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ishkashim in Tajikistan. Unique identifier: us1000h6uq. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h6uq. Exact location, longitude 71.5667° East, latitude 36.9566° North, depth = 129.71 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:08:17 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 129.71 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/10/18 / 2018-10-04 07:08:17 / October 4, 2018 @ 7:08 am.

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Khandūd, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (56 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 26 km N of Ishkashim, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.5667° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.9566° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 129.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km N 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 2018-10-04 07:08:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-04 07:25:27 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 0.577 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us1000h6uq Id of event.
Event Code 1000h6uq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h6uq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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