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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Murghob in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.4242S, 75.0414WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 98 km ENE of Murghob, Tajikistan (61 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600052f5. Id of event: us600052f5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122.7 km (76 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:04:07 / 2:04 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/19 / 2019-08-08 18:04:07 / August 8, 2019 @ 6:04 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 75.0414 East, latitude 38.4242 North, depth = 122.7 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 98 km ENE of Murghob, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 75.0414° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.4242° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 122.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98km ENE 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 2019-08-08 18:04:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-12 19:08:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 284 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 2.817 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 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 us600052f5 Id of event.
Event Code 600052f5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600052f5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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