Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Khorugh in Tajikistan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan on Monday. Id of earthquake: us6000pi43. Event ids that are associated: us6000pi43. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/25 / 2025-01-06 04:32:36 / January 6, 2025 @ 4:32 am. The temblor was reported at 04:32:36 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 71.1925° East, 37.1794° North, depth 104.477 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 104.477 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 46 km SW of Khorugh, Tajikistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	71.1925° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.1794° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	104.477 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	46 km SW 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	2025-01-06 04:32:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-29 02:01:42	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	37	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.272	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.51 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	104	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	us6000pi43	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pi43	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pi43,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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