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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Tur kmenbasy in Tur kmenistan


Earthquake location 40.7434S, 51.8772WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 121 km NW of Tur kmenbasy, Tur kmenistan (75 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:43:03 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.34 km (28 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000jjtz. Event ids that are associated: us1000jjtz. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/03/19 / 2019-03-21 15:43:03 / March 21, 2019 @ 3:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 44.34 km, 51.8772° East, 40.7434° North.

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 was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 121 km NW of Tur kmenbasy, Tur kmenistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 51.8772° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.7434° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 121km NW of Turkmenbasy, Turkmenistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-21 15:43:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-21 16:52:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 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 5.477 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us1000jjtz Id of event.
Event Code 1000jjtz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jjtz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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