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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Karakenja in Tajikistan

Posted by admin on May 3, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.5178S, 71.3464WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Karakenja in Tajikistan on Wednesday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:36:31 / 10:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 03/05/17 / 2017-05-03 05:36:31 / May 3, 2017 @ 5:36 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 71.3464° East, 39.5178° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us10008nqk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008nqk. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rasht, Oltiariq, Isfara. Close country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Isfara (c. 37 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Oltiariq (c. 25 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Khaydarkan (c. 11 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Batken (c. 10 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Shohimardon (c. 5 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 34 km NNW of Karakenja, Tajikistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.3464° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.5178° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km NNW of Karakenja, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-03 05:36:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-03 05:53:14 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 354 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 0.675 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 us10008nqk Id of event.
Event Code 10008nqk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008nqk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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