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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Karakul in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.6617S, 73.5979WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Karakul in Tajikistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.84 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:53:54 / 12:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 111.84 km, 73.5979° East, 38.6617° North. Id of earthquake: us1000c0t8. Event ids that are associated: us1000c0t8. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/01/18 / 2018-01-04 19:53:54 / January 4, 2018 @ 7:53 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Murghob (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).

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

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

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 73.5979° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.6617° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 111.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km S of Karakul, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-04 19:53:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-04 20:37:43 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 284 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 2.84 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us1000c0t8 Id of event.
Event Code 1000c0t8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000c0t8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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