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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Yangiobod in Uzbekistan


Earthquake location 41.2623S, 70.4828WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Yangiobod in Uzbekistan on Wednesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:56:11 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/11/19 / 2019-11-06 15:56:11 / November 6, 2019 @ 3:56 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.4828 East, latitude 41.2623 North, depth = 48.57 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us700063yi. Unique identifier: us700063yi. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.57 km (30 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Qo‘qon (c. 187 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Chirchiq (c. 167 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Angren (c. 127 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Olmaliq (c. 121 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Chust Shahri (c. 65 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kosonsoy (c. 43 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salor, Beshariq, Tŭragŭrghon. Close country/countries, Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

Questions or comments?

Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 36 km ENE of Yangiobod, Uzbekistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.4828° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.2623° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km ENE of Yangiobod, Uzbekistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-06 15:56:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-06 23:04:48 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 1.84 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us700063yi Id of event.
Event Code 700063yi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700063yi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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