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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Murghob in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.4832S, 73.7371WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 73.7371 East, latitude 38.4832 North, depth = 121.59 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 121.59 km (76 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000733k. Event ids that are associated: us1000733k. Global time and date of event 30/10/16 / 2016-10-30 15:18:58 / October 30, 2016 @ 3:18 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:18:58 / 8:18 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventy-five 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km NNW of Murghob, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 73.7371° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.4832° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 121.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km NNW of Murghob, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-30 15:18:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-30 15:50:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 1.896 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us1000733k Id of event.
Event Code 1000733k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000733k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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