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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Kolkhozobod in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.6032S, 68.6882WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Kolkhozobod in Tajikistan. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:22:49 / 2:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 68.6882 East, latitude 37.6032 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/20 / 2020-04-24 21:22:49 / April 24, 2020 @ 9:22 pm. Event id: us60009bti. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009bti.

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 Sovet, Ārt Khwājah, Sho’rchi (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Qŭrghonteppa (c. 65 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Sho’rchi (c. 24 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Danghara (c. 22 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Farkhor (c. 21 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Vose’ (c. 21 700 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km ENE of Kolkhozobod, 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 68.6882° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.6032° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km ENE of Kolkhozobod, 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 21:22:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-24 21:38:25 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 0.451 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us60009bti Id of event.
Event Code 60009bti An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60009bti, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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