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Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake - Viloyati Khatlon, 51 km southeast of Rasht, Republican Subordination, Tajikistan, on Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022 at 9:03 pm (GMT +5) -

Moderate magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 10 km depth

6 Dec 16:12 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 9 minutes.
6 Dec 16:52: Now using data updates from USGS
12 Dec 16:06: Epicenter location corrected by 2.3 km (1.5 mi) towards WSW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 6, 2022 16:03:46 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022 at 9:03 pm (GMT +5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.7
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	38.7673°N / 70.8614°E (Viloyati Khatlon, Tajikistan)
Antipode	38.767°S / 109.139°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	2 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	51 km (32 mi) SE of Rasht (Republican Subordination) (pop: 10,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 67 km (42 mi) ESE of Novobod (Rasht, Republican Subordination) (pop: 5,350) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 77 km (48 mi) SW of Karakenja (Republican Subordination) (pop: 2,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) E of Roghun (Nurobod, Republican Subordination) (pop: 7,730) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 133 km (83 mi) NE of Kŭlob (Khatlon) (pop: 78,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 183 km (114 mi) E of Duschanbe (Dushanbe) (pop: 679,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 199 km (124 mi) SSE of Khujand (Согдийская область) (pop: 144,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 209 km (130 mi) ENE of Kurgan-Tyube (Khatlon) (pop: 65,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Light Snow -11.8°C (11 F), humidity: 96%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from SSW
Estimated seismic energy released	7.1 x 10¹¹ joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.7	10 km	Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region	USGS
4.7	60 km	TAJIKISTAN	EMSC
4.7	10 km	Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region	RaspberryShake
4.7	50 km	Tajikistan	NCS
4.6	10 km	52 Km ESE of Rasht, Tajikistan	GFZ
3.8	10 km	AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORDER REGION	KNDC
4.7	10 km	Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bord Reg.	IRIS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Batken, Kyrgyzstan (BTK/KR network) | Distance from quake: 144 km / 89 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Batken, Kyrgyzstan: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Dushanbe (181.2 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 20-30 s

Tashkent / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / single lateral shake / 5-10 s : Light shake

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