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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Uzgen in Kyrgyzstan


Earthquake location 40.9668S, 73.5655WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Uzgen in Kyrgyzstan. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:25:47 / 8:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 73.5655 East, latitude 40.9668 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000cdqh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cdqh. Global time and date of event 12/11/20 / 2020-11-12 08:25:47 / November 12, 2020 @ 8:25 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Osh (c. 200 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Jalal-Abad (c. 75 700 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Uzgen (c. 40 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bazar-Korgon (c. 27 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Qŭrghontepa (c. 25 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kara Suu (c. 17 800 pop). Close country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khŭjaobod, Osh, Qŭrghontepa.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 31 km NE of Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 73.5655° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.9668° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km NE of Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-12 08:25:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-12 09:36:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 0.567 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us7000cdqh Id of event.
Event Code 7000cdqh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cdqh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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