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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Namangan in Uzbekistan


Earthquake location 41.0165S, 71.5968WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Namangan in Uzbekistan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/02/21 / 2021-02-02 22:03:46 / February 2, 2021 @ 10:03 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 22:03:46 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.5968 East, latitude 41.0165 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dfzz. Id of event: us6000dfzz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 7 km (4 miles) from Namangan (c. 432 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Andijon (c. 318 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Qo‘qon (c. 187 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fergana (c. 164 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Marg‘ilon (c. 133 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Chust Shahri (c. 65 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khŭjaobod, Quvasoy, Marhamat. Close country/countries, Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 6 km WNW of Namangan, Uzbekistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.5968° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.0165° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km WNW of Namangan, Uzbekistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-02 22:03:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-10 00:57:58 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 284 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 1.127 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 92 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 us6000dfzz Id of event.
Event Code 6000dfzz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dfzz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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