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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Saryaghash in Kazakhstan


Earthquake location 41.409S, 68.9674WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Saryaghash in Kazakhstan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/03/19 / 2019-03-13 21:32:02 / March 13, 2019 @ 9:32 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 68.9674 East, latitude 41.409 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:32:02 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000jf4e. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jf4e.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yangiobod, Myrzakent, Shardara. Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Tashkent (c. 1 978 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Chirchiq (c. 167 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Olmaliq (c. 121 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Yangiyŭl (c. 60 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Parkent (c. 36 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ohangaron (c. 35 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Piskent (c. 27 900 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km WSW of Saryaghash, Kazakhstan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 68.9674° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.409° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km WSW of Saryaghash, Kazakhstan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-13 21:32:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-13 21:48:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 341 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 2.044 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 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 us1000jf4e Id of event.
Event Code 1000jf4e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jf4e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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