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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Karakul in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.5676S, 73.3194WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Karakul in Tajikistan. Event id: us100044kt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100044kt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 08:55:51 / December 7, 2015 @ 8:55 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.65 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 73.3194 East, latitude 38.5676 North, depth = 29.65 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:55:51 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 52 km SSW of Karakul, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 73.3194° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.5676° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km SSW of Karakul, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-07 08:55:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-07 09:14:59 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 354 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 1.492 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us100044kt Id of event.
Event Code 100044kt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100044kt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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