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


Earthquake location 37.4899S, 69.5002WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Farkhor in Tajikistan on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/10/20 / 2020-10-28 04:01:48 / October 28, 2020 @ 4:01 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000c9rm. Id of event: us7000c9rm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:01:48 / 4:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 69.5002° East, 37.4899° North, depth 10 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Kŭlob (c. 78 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Qŭrghonteppa (c. 65 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Danghara (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gharavŭtí, Jilikŭl, Taloqan (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km E of Farkhor, Tajikistan. This information 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 69.5002° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.4899° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km E of Farkhor, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-28 04:01:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-23 03:30:03 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 2.689 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us7000c9rm Id of event.
Event Code 7000c9rm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000c9rm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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