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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Shughnon in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.6119S, 71.8093WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Shughnon in Tajikistan on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113.75 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:11:19 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us200063q6. Event ids that are associated: us200063q6. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 23:11:19 / June 10, 2016 @ 11:11 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 71.8093° East, latitude 37.6119° North, depth = 113.75 km.

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Khandūd, Khorugh (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 fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 23 km ENE of Shughnon, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.8093° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.6119° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 113.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km ENE of Shughnon, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-10 23:11:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-10 23:30:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.3 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 355 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 0.144 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us200063q6 Id of event.
Event Code 200063q6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200063q6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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