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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Khorugh in Tajikistan

Posted by admin on September 19, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.6507S, 71.6298WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.436 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 71.6298 East, latitude 37.6507 North, depth = 48.436 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:52:06 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nsxt. Id of event: us6000nsxt. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 19:52:06 / September 18, 2024 @ 7:52 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km NNE of Khorugh, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.6298° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.6507° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.436 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 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 19:52:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-19 21:11:04 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 326 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 79 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.829 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us6000nsxt Id of event.
Event Code 6000nsxt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nsxt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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