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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Khorugh in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.4769S, 72.167WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 198.124 km (123 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 72.167° East, 37.4769° North, depth 198.124 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/08/24 / 2024-08-28 13:07:19 / August 28, 2024 @ 1:07 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:07:19 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000nn7g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nn7g.

Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 72.167° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.4769° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 198.124 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 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 2024-08-28 13:07:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-30 16:37:18 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.018 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us6000nn7g Id of event.
Event Code 6000nn7g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nn7g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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