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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Khorugh in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.1729S, 71.755WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/06/20 / 2020-06-27 11:21:31 / June 27, 2020 @ 11:21 am. Unique identifier: us7000ad0z. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ad0z. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131.85 km (82 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:21:31 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 71.755° East, latitude 37.1729° North, depth = 131.85 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ashkāsham, Khandūd (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km SSE of Khorugh, 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 71.755° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.1729° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 131.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km SSE of Khorugh, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-27 11:21:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-03 07:12:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 0.364 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 us7000ad0z Id of event.
Event Code 7000ad0z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ad0z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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