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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Khorugh in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.5036S, 72.1504WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/04/24 / 2024-04-21 13:42:34 / April 21, 2024 @ 1:42 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:42:34 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 203.122 km (126 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mdne. Unique identifier: us7000mdne. Exact location of event, depth 203.122 km, 72.1504° East, 37.5036° North.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). 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 six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 52 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 72.1504° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5036° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 203.122 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km E 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 2024-04-21 13:42:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-03 18:37:45 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 246 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 1.99 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us7000mdne Id of event.
Event Code 7000mdne An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mdne, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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