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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Khorugh in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.6799S, 71.6181WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nsxz. Unique identifier: us6000nsxz. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 20:14:20 / September 18, 2024 @ 8:14 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:14:20 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.6181 East, latitude 37.6799 North, depth = 54.103 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.103 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was 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 three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.6181° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.6799° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.103 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 2024-09-18 20:14:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-19 21:21:19 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 298 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.801 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us6000nsxz Id of event.
Event Code 6000nsxz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nsxz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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