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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Khorugh in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.3492S, 71.2162WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/02/21 / 2021-02-14 13:27:50 / February 14, 2021 @ 1:27 pm. Exact location of event, depth 95.91 km, 71.2162° East, 37.3492° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000djf4. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000djf4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 95.91 km (60 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:27:50 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Jurm.

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

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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: 33 km WSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.2162° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.3492° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 95.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km WSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-14 13:27:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-21 17:31:29 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 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 2.18 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us6000djf4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000djf4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000djf4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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