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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Karakenja in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 39.2257S, 71.662WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Karakenja in Tajikistan. The temblor was picked up at 12:14:24 / 12:14 pm (local time epicenter). 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) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 07:14:24 / January 24, 2020 @ 7:14 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.662 East, latitude 39.2257 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us60007eii. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007eii.

Close country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shohimardon, Khaydarkan (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Khaydarkan (c. 11 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Shohimardon (c. 5 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 11 km E of Karakenja, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.662° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.2257° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km E of Karakenja, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-24 07:14:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-24 07:33:59 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 385 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 0.28 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us60007eii Id of event.
Event Code 60007eii An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007eii, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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