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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Murghob in Tajikistan

Posted by admin on August 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.2154S, 73.2842WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 144.372 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 00:52:02 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 73.2842° East, latitude 38.2154° North, depth = 144.372 km. Global time and date of event 27/07/24 / 2024-07-27 00:52:02 / July 27, 2024 @ 12:52 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000ng9x. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ng9x.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (37 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 two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 60 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 73.2842° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.2154° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 144.372 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 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 2024-07-27 00:52:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-16 01:17:03 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.712 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us6000ng9x Id of event.
Event Code 6000ng9x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ng9x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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