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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 3 km NW of Kolkhozobod, Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.6077S, 68.6334WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Kolkhozobod in Tajikistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us60009brx. Unique identifier: us60009brx. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:27:40 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.84 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 68.6334° East, 37.6077° North, depth 19.84 km. Global time and date of event 24/04/20 / 2020-04-24 20:27:40 / April 24, 2020 @ 8:27 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Qŭrghonteppa (c. 65 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Sho’rchi (c. 24 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Danghara (c. 22 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Farkhor (c. 21 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Vose’ (c. 21 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ārt Khwājah, Chubek, Vose’.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 3 km NW of Kolkhozobod, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 68.6334° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.6077° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km NW of Kolkhozobod, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-24 20:27:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-25 16:20:26 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 0.408 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 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 us60009brx Id of event.
Event Code 60009brx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60009brx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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