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Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake - 32 km southeast of Isfana, Leilek District, Batken, Kyrgyzstan, on Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 4:29 pm (GMT +5) -

Moderate magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 5 km depth

18 Mar 12:20 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 51 minutes.
18 Mar 12:40: Magnitude recalculated from 4.9 to 4.5. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 4.0 to 10.0 km (from 2.5 to 6.2 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 53 km (33 mi) towards NNE.
18 Mar 19:28: Magnitude recalculated from 4.5 to 4.7. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 5.0 km (from 6.2 to 3.1 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 2.8 km (1.7 mi) towards WNW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 18, 2023 11:29:28 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 4:29 pm (GMT +5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.7
Depth	5.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	39.69°N / 69.85°E (Batken, Kyrgyzstan)
Antipode	39.69°S / 110.15°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	32 km (20 mi) ESE of Isfana (Leilek District) (pop: 17,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 37 km (23 mi) SE of Suluktu (Leilek District) (pop: 15,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 61 km (38 mi) SSE of Proletar (Nohijai Çabbor Rasulov, Sughd, Tajikistan) (pop: 16,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 62 km (38 mi) SSE of Buston (Sughd, Tajikistan) (pop: 21,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 82 km (51 mi) SW of Isfara (Sughd, Tajikistan) (pop: 274,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) WSW of Batken (pop: 10,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 158 km (98 mi) NE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 531 km (330 mi) SW of Bishkek (pop: 900,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds -12.1°C (10 F), humidity: 83%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from S
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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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.7	5 km	Tajikistan	RaspberryShake
4.5	10 km	KYRGYZSTAN	EMSC
4.9	4 km	Tajikistan: Hindu Kush And Pamir Area	KNDC

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Seismic station: Batken, Kyrgyzstan (BTK/KR network) | Distance from quake: 92 km / 57 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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