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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Murghob in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.1401S, 72.9314WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Murghob in Tajikistan on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us700045je. Event ids that are associated: us700045je. The temblor was reported at 01:27:24 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 119.45 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/06/19 / 2019-06-26 20:27:24 / June 26, 2019 @ 8:27 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 72.9314° East, 38.1401° North, depth 119.45 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murghob (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Murghob (c. 10 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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: 90 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 72.9314° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1401° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 119.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 90km W of Murghob, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-26 20:27:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-23 14:16:01 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 298 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 1.604 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us700045je Id of event.
Event Code 700045je An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700045je, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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