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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Gul’cha in Kyrgyzstan

Posted by admin on July 17, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.2938S, 73.3694WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Gul’cha in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 73.3694 East, latitude 40.2938 North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:35:17 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/18 / 2018-07-17 14:35:17 / July 17, 2018 @ 2:35 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000g718. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g718. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Osh (c. 200 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Jalal-Abad (c. 75 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Uzgen (c. 40 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Bazar-Korgon (c. 27 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Qŭrghontepa (c. 25 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Kara Suu (c. 17 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Khŭjaobod (c. 16 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bazar-Korgon, Marhamat, Khŭjaobod (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 fourteen 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km WSW of Gul’cha, Kyrgyzstan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 73.3694° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.2938° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km WSW of Gul'cha, Kyrgyzstan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-17 14:35:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-17 15:04:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 360 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 340 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 1.069 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us2000g718 Id of event.
Event Code 2000g718 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000g718, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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