Minor earthquake, 3 mag strikes near Salor in Uzbekistan

A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Salor in Uzbekistan on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.23 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:24:30 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/16 / 2016-01-14 03:24:30 / January 14, 2016 @ 3:24 am. Exact location, longitude 69.2598° East, latitude 41.3858° North, depth = 7.23 km. Event id: us10004ec6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004ec6.

Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Tashkent (c. 1 978 000 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Chirchiq (c. 167 800 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Olmaliq (c. 121 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Yangiyŭl (c. 60 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Parkent (c. 36 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sirdaryo, Yangiobod, Olmaliq (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km W of Salor, Uzbekistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	69.2598° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.3858° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.23 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km W of Salor, Uzbekistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-01-14 03:24:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-01-14 04:31:18	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.2	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	140	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	0.062	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.94 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	130	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10004ec6	Id of event.
Event Code	10004ec6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004ec6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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