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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 7 km WSW of Orzu, Tajikistan

Posted by admin on April 24, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.5377S, 68.7336WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Orzu in Tajikistan. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 68.7336° East, 37.5377° North, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009bvd. Id of event: us60009bvd. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/20 / 2020-04-24 22:32:50 / April 24, 2020 @ 10:32 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 03:32:50 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kŭlob, Khanabad, Sho’rchi (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Kŭlob (c. 78 800 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Qŭrghonteppa (c. 65 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Sho’rchi (c. 24 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Danghara (c. 22 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 7 km WSW of Orzu, Tajikistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 68.7336° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5377° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km WSW of Orzu, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-24 22:32:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-24 22:49:29 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 354 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 0.486 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us60009bvd Id of event.
Event Code 60009bvd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60009bvd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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