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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Khorugh in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.2868S, 71.2587WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 71.2587° East, latitude 37.2868° North, depth = 97.61 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.61 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 01:00:31 / December 22, 2024 @ 1:00 am. Id of earthquake: us7000p0na. Event ids that are associated: us7000p0na. The temblor was picked up at 01:00:31 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km SW of Khorugh, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.2587° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2868° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km SW 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 2024-12-22 01:00:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-22 01:19:52 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.151 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us7000p0na Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0na An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0na, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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