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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 37 km NE of Gumdag, Tur kmenistan


Earthquake location 39.4143S, 54.9324WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Gumdag in Tur kmenistan on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.96 km (18 miles). Global time and date of event 27/10/17 / 2017-10-27 21:32:06 / October 27, 2017 @ 9:32 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:32:06 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 54.9324 East, latitude 39.4143 North, depth = 28.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000axvh. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000axvh.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gazanjyk, Balkanabat, Gumdag (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Turkmenistan (c. 4 941 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Balkanabat (c. 87 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Gumdag (c. 24 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Gazanjyk (c. 21 100 pop).

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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km NE of Gumdag, Tur kmenistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 54.9324° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.4143° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km NE of Gumdag, Turkmenistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-27 21:32:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-27 22:08:48 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 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 2.9 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us1000axvh Id of event.
Event Code 1000axvh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000axvh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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