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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Katran in Kyrgyzstan


Earthquake location 39.9113S, 70.0544WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Katran in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.004 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:53:22 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 19/11/24 / 2024-11-19 22:53:22 / November 19, 2024 @ 10:53 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 70.0544 East, latitude 39.9113 North, depth = 41.004 km. Id of earthquake: us6000p6g3. Event ids that are associated: us6000p6g3.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bŭston, Istaravshan, Shaydon (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Khŭjand (c. 144 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Bekobod (c. 86 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Istaravshan (c. 52 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Konibodom (c. 50 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Isfara (c. 37 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Beshariq (c. 22 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

Questions or comments?

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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km NNE of Katran, Kyrgyzstan. 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 70.0544° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.9113° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.004 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km NNE of Katran, Kyrgyzstan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-19 22:53:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-13 04:47:47 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 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.605 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us6000p6g3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000p6g3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p6g3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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