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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Karakenja in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 39.2085S, 71.3715WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Karakenja in Tajikistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.3715 East, latitude 39.2085 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:44:21 / 5:44 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/09/24 / 2024-09-28 05:44:21 / September 28, 2024 @ 5:44 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000p01f. Event ids that are associated: us6000p01f. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Khaydarkan (c. 11 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rasht, Khaydarkan.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 13 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.3715° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.2085° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-28 05:44:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-23 04:34:25 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.949 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 193 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 us6000p01f Id of event.
Event Code 6000p01f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p01f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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