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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Shughnon in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.8916S, 71.682WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.65 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 71.682° East, 37.8916° North, depth 1.65 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iw5f. Id of event: us2000iw5f. The temblor was reported at 05:32:28 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/12/18 / 2018-12-22 00:32:28 / December 22, 2018 @ 12:32 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, 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 two and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km N of Shughnon, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.682° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.8916° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km N 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 2018-12-22 00:32:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-22 00:57:08 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 246 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 0.361 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000iw5f Id of event.
Event Code 2000iw5f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000iw5f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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