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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 17 km N of Khorugh, Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.6465S, 71.5822WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. Exact location of event, longitude 71.5822 East, latitude 37.6465 North, depth = 33.27 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 33.27 km (21 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nsy5. Event ids that are associated: us6000nsy5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 20:23:37 / September 18, 2024 @ 8:23 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:23:37 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km N of Khorugh, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.5822° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.6465° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km N 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 20:23:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-22 20:54:39 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 271 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.836 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us6000nsy5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nsy5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nsy5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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