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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Vanj in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.6991S, 72.3503WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 86 km ENE of Vanj, Tajikistan (53 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 72.3503° East, 38.6991° North, depth 51.46 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.46 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/08/16 / 2016-08-04 21:36:45 / August 4, 2016 @ 9:36 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:36:45 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10006c3m. Event ids that are associated: us10006c3m. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 86 km ENE of Vanj, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 72.3503° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.6991° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86km ENE of Vanj, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-08-04 21:36:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-15 04:51:51 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 298 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 1.288 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 us10006c3m Id of event.
Event Code 10006c3m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006c3m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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