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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 48 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.5308S, 72.248WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Roshtqal’a in Tajikistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 228.12 km (142 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20006gyy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006gyy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/07/16 / 2016-07-22 22:13:35 / July 22, 2016 @ 10:13 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 72.248 East, latitude 37.5308 North, depth = 228.12 km. The temblor was detected at 03:13:35 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 48 km NE of Roshtqal’a, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 72.248° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5308° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 228.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km NE of Roshtqal'a, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-22 22:13:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-06 02:17:06 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 271 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 0.467 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us20006gyy Id of event.
Event Code 20006gyy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006gyy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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