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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Murghob in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.279S, 73.5977WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. 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 125.68 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:48:44 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/12/18 / 2018-12-30 04:48:44 / December 30, 2018 @ 4:48 am. Exact location of earthquake, 73.5977° East, 38.279° North, depth 125.68 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iz3f. Id of event: us2000iz3f.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Murghob (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km WNW of Murghob, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 73.5977° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.279° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 125.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km WNW of Murghob, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-30 04:48:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-30 05:20:26 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 271 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 1.845 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us2000iz3f Id of event.
Event Code 2000iz3f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000iz3f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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