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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 80 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan

Posted by admin on March 2, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.2263S, 73.054WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 73.054 East, latitude 38.2263 North, depth = 133.751 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 133.751 km (83 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:07:02 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/03/25 / 2025-03-02 18:07:02 / March 2, 2025 @ 6:07 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000pwh0. Event ids that are associated: us6000pwh0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob. Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 80 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 73.054° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.2263° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 133.751 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80 km W 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 2025-03-02 18:07:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-02 19:53:18 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.791 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us6000pwh0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pwh0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pwh0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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