Earthquake - Tajikistan - Magnitude: 6.0 (5.7 USGS)

Magnitude

5.7



Date-Time

Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 23:28:43 UTC
Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 04:28:43 AM at epicenter



Location

38.658°N, 70.414°E



Depth

10 km (6.2 miles)



Region

TAJIKISTAN



Distances

99 km (62 miles) NE (34°) from Kulob (Kulyab), Tajikistan
136 km (84 miles) E (88°) from DUSHANBE, Tajikistan
159 km (99 miles) NW (322°) from Khorugh, Tajikistan



Location Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 13.2 km (8.2 miles); depth +/- 2.7 km (1.7 miles)



Parameters

NST=338, Nph=339, Dmin=473.1 km, Rmss=0.95 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8



Source

U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

It's 40km and not shallow enough to do much damage.....Doom off

It's listed as 10 km depth on USGS...

CSEM-EMSC Feed

Type: Earthquake
22 minutes ago
Magnitude: 6
DateTime: Saturday May 12 2012, 23:28:48 UTC
Region: Tajikistan
Depth: 40 km
Source: CSEM-EMSC Feed





USGS Feed

Type: Earthquake
24 minutes ago
Magnitude: 5.7
DateTime: Saturday May 12 2012, 23:28:43 UTC
Region: Tajikistan
Depth: 10 km
Source: USGS Feed

According to the CSEM-EMSC feed the depth is now 4km

Type: Earthquake
27 minutes ago
Magnitude: 6
DateTime: Saturday May 12 2012, 23:28:42 UTC
Region: Tajikistan
Depth: 4 km
Source: CSEM-EMSC Feed

It started as a 6.3

Yes I know...I have updated it a couple of times...

A moderate earthquake shook a number of towns in the Tajikistan and Afghanistan border region on early Sunday morning, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The 5.7-magnitude earthquake at 4:28 a.m. local time (2328 GMT Saturday) was centered about 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) southwest of Obikhingou, a small town in a region known as the Districts of Republican Subordination.

It struck about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Seismologists said strong shaking was likely felt in towns near the epicenter, and some shaking may have been felt across the border in northern Afghanistan.

Several residents in the capital Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan which is some 140 kilometers (86 miles) west of the epicenter, reported feeling light shaking.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the region.


Moderate and strong earthquakes in Tajikistan are relatively rare. The worst earthquake on record in the region happened in October 1907 when a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Tajikistan-Uzbekistan border, killing at least 12,000 people.


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