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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 18 km N of Farkhor, Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.6564S, 69.3681WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (mg/mb) was reported Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Farkhor in Tajikistan. The temblor was reported at 20:04:59 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 22.12 km (14 miles). Global time of event 28/05/15 / 2015-05-28 15:04:59 / May 28, 2015 @ 3:04 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 69.3681 East, latitude 37.6564 North, depth 22.12 km, unique identifier, us20002k0r. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us20002k0r,.

Close countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Kŭlob (c. 78 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Qŭrghonteppa (c. 65 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Danghara (c. 22 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Farkhor (c. 21 700 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gharavŭtí, Norak, Yovon.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.3681° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.6564° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km N of Farkhor, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-28 15:04:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-28 16:27:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 259 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.563 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 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 us20002k0r Id of event.
Event Code 20002k0r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002k0r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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