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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Murghob in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.1804S, 74.0828WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 185.54 km (115 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000345c. Event ids that are associated: us1000345c. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 74.0828 East, latitude 38.1804 North, depth = 185.54 km. Global time and date of event 22/08/15 / 2015-08-22 01:48:55 / August 22, 2015 @ 1:48 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:48:55 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 10 km (6 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km E of Murghob, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 74.0828° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1804° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 185.54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km E 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 2015-08-22 01:48:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-22 02:08:46 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 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.024 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 92 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 us1000345c Id of event.
Event Code 1000345c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000345c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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