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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Ishqoshim in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.0664S, 71.3187WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Ishqoshim in Tajikistan on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.3187 East, latitude 37.0664 North, depth = 117.41 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.41 km (73 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:11:03 / 12:11 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b7rd. Unique identifier: us6000b7rd. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/08/20 / 2020-08-01 00:11:03 / August 1, 2020 @ 12:11 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Fayzabad, Khorugh. Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 90 km (56 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).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km NW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.3187° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.0664° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 117.41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 km NW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-01 00:11:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-01 00:33:12 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 271 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 0.536 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 us6000b7rd Id of event.
Event Code 6000b7rd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b7rd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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