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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Gul’cha in Kyrgyzstan


Earthquake location 39.5929S, 74.2601WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 106 km SE of Gul’cha, Kyrgyzstan (66 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.621 km (33 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:20:10 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/04/24 / 2024-04-21 07:20:10 / April 21, 2024 @ 7:20 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mdls. Unique identifier: us7000mdls. Exact location of event, depth 52.621 km, 74.2601° East, 39.5929° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 106 km SE of Gul’cha, Kyrgyzstan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 74.2601° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.5929° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.621 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 106 km SE of Gul’cha, Kyrgyzstan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-21 07:20:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-11 05:20:09 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 284 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.793 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us7000mdls Id of event.
Event Code 7000mdls An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mdls, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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