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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Murghob in Tajikistan

Posted by admin on October 31, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.263S, 74.1587WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 02:18:42 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnxq. Unique identifier: us7000nnxq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 74.1587 East, latitude 38.263 North, depth = 131.447 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 131.447 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/24 / 2024-10-30 02:18:42 / October 30, 2024 @ 2:18 am.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob. Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 20 km (12 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km ENE of Murghob, Tajikistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 74.1587° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.263° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 131.447 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km ENE of Murghob, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-30 02:18:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-31 01:42:52 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 312 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.805 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 206 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 us7000nnxq Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnxq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnxq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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