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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Khorugh in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.6757S, 71.6191WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 71.6191 East, latitude 37.6757 North, depth = 42.946 km. Event id: us6000nn17. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nn17. Global time and date of event 27/08/24 / 2024-08-27 07:29:08 / August 27, 2024 @ 7:29 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 07:29:08 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.946 km (27 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd, Khorugh. Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km NNE of Khorugh, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.6191° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.6757° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.946 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km NNE 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 2024-08-27 07:29:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-27 07:49:09 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 369 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 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.805 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us6000nn17 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nn17 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nn17, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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