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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Roghun in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.5381S, 70.2WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Roghun in Tajikistan on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 70.2° East, latitude 38.5381° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:57:10 / 9:57 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000cdp1. Id of event: us6000cdp1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/10/20 / 2020-10-27 09:57:10 / October 27, 2020 @ 9:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vose’, Danghara, Kŭlob (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Kŭlob (c. 78 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Danghara (c. 22 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Vose’ (c. 21 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Norak (c. 18 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mŭ’minobod (c. 12 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 39 km SE of Roghun, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.2° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.5381° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km SE of Roghun, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-27 09:57:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-27 10:54:57 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 326 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 1.566 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us6000cdp1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000cdp1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cdp1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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