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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 17 km S of Danghara, Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.9368S, 69.3551WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Danghara in Tajikistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/02/21 / 2021-02-13 06:13:09 / February 13, 2021 @ 6:13 am. The temblor was detected at 06:13:09 / 6:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 69.3551° East, 37.9368° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us6000djcl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000djcl. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Dushanbe (c. 679 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Kŭlob (c. 78 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Qŭrghonteppa (c. 65 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vahdat (c. 45 700 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Hisor (c. 24 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Boshkengash (c. 23 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hisor, Ārt Khwājah, Qarāwul (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 17 km S of Danghara, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.3551° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.9368° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km S of Danghara, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-13 06:13:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-26 13:18:00 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 312 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 2.404 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us6000djcl Id of event.
Event Code 6000djcl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000djcl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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