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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Danghara in Tajikistan

Posted by admin on December 29, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.8883S, 69.3388WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Danghara in Tajikistan on Wednesday. Event id: us1000bwgf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bwgf. Exact location of event, longitude 69.3388 East, latitude 37.8883 North, depth = 8.2 km. The temblor was reported at 00:36:54 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 8.2 km (5 miles). Global time and date of event 26/12/17 / 2017-12-26 19:36:54 / December 26, 2017 @ 7:36 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Ārt Khwājah, Qarāwul (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Dushanbe (c. 679 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Kŭlob (c. 78 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Qŭrghonteppa (c. 65 000 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Vahdat (c. 45 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Boshkengash (c. 23 700 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 eight 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 23 km S of Danghara, Tajikistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.3388° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.8883° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km S of Danghara, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-26 19:36:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-29 19:24:16 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 312 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 3.349 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us1000bwgf Id of event.
Event Code 1000bwgf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bwgf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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