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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 28 km NE of Karakenja, Tajikistan

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Earthquake location 39.4S, 71.7834WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Karakenja in Tajikistan on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us6000mvde. Event ids that are associated: us6000mvde. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:37:50 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/05/24 / 2024-05-01 01:37:50 / May 1, 2024 @ 1:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 71.7834 East, latitude 39.4 North, depth = 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khaydarkan, Shohimardon (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Khaydarkan (c. 11 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Shohimardon (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km NE of Karakenja, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.7834° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.4° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km NE of Karakenja, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-01 01:37:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-09 04:18:10 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.078 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us6000mvde Id of event.
Event Code 6000mvde An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mvde, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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