Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Ishqoshim in Tajikistan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Ishqoshim in Tajikistan. The epicenter was at a depth of 105.842 km (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 71.4421° East, 37.0513° North, depth 105.842 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/25 / 2025-01-24 23:13:46 / January 24, 2025 @ 11:13 pm. Unique identifier: us6000pm7n. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pm7n. The temblor was reported at 23:13:46 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd, Fayzabad, Jurm (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 39 km NNW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	71.4421° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.0513° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	105.842 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39 km NNW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-24 23:13:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-10 03:58:09	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	246	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	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.398	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.82 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	134	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	us6000pm7n	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pm7n	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pm7n,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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