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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 58 km SSE of Rasht, Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.5183S, 70.5238WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 09:03:02 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/11/24 / 2024-11-05 09:03:02 / November 5, 2024 @ 9:03 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 70.5238° East, 38.5183° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nq0i. Id of event: us7000nq0i.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Kŭlob (c. 78 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Mŭ’minobod (c. 12 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Sovet (c. 8 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sovet, Kŭlob, Obigarm. Nearby country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 58 km SSE of Rasht, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.5238° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.5183° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km SSE of Rasht, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-05 09:03:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-05 09:59:15 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 340 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.987 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 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 us7000nq0i Id of event.
Event Code 7000nq0i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nq0i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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