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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Murghob in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.1627S, 72.9757WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 129.743 km, 72.9757° East, 38.1627° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 129.743 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000n0bi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0bi. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/05/24 / 2024-05-22 19:03:34 / May 22, 2024 @ 7:03 pm. The temblor was reported at 19:03:34 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).

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

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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: 86 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 72.9757° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1627° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 129.743 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-22 19:03:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-22 20:18:40 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.602 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us6000n0bi Id of event.
Event Code 6000n0bi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n0bi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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