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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Khorugh in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.2314S, 71.5114WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 128.419 km, 71.5114° East, 37.2314° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000mzz4. Event ids that are associated: us6000mzz4. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 04:26:45 / May 21, 2024 @ 4:26 am. The temblor was detected at 04:26:45 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 128.419 km (80 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Khandūd, Jurm. Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 28 km S of Khorugh, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.5114° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2314° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 128.419 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km S 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 2024-05-21 04:26:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-21 05:32:48 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 259 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.254 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 90 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 us6000mzz4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzz4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzz4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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