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Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - 82 km northwest of Murghab, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, on Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 6:59 am (GMT +5) -

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.8 quake 67 km west of Murghab, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, Feb 23, 2023 5:37 am (GMT +5), which had occurred 3 weeks earlier.

Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - 82 km northwest of Murghab, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, on Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 6:59 am (GMT +5)

Moderate magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 10 km depth

17 Mar 02:07 UTC: First to report: NCS after 8 minutes.
17 Mar 02:54: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 17, 2023 01:59:45 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 6:59 am (GMT +5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.5
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	38.5468°N / 73.1539°E (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan)
Antipode	38.547°S / 106.846°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	82 km (51 mi) WNW of Murghab (pop: 10,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 183 km (114 mi) NE of Khorugh (pop: 30,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 222 km (138 mi) S of Osh (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 200,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 236 km (147 mi) SSE of Fergana (Uzbekistan) (pop: 164,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 244 km (152 mi) NNE of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim) (pop: 26,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 280 km (174 mi) SE of Isfara (Sughd) (pop: 274,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 381 km (236 mi) E of Duschanbe (Dushanbe) (pop: 679,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky -15.1°C (5 F), humidity: 76%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from SSW
Estimated seismic energy released	3.5 x 10¹¹ joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 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
4.5	10 km	Tajikistan: 247km ENE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan	USGS
4.9	10 km	82 Km WNW of Murghob, Tajikistan	NCS
4.5	10 km	Tajikistan-Xinjiang Border Region	RaspberryShake
4.5	10 km	Tajikistan-Xinjiang Border Reg.	IRIS
4.5	10 km	TAJIKISTAN	EMSC

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Seismic station: Batken, Kyrgyzstan (BTK/KR network) | Distance from quake: 262 km / 163 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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