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Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - 66 km northwest of Murghab, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, on Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 11:01 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.

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - 66 km northwest of Murghab, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, on Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 11:01 am (GMT +5)

Light magnitude 4.1 earthquake at 107 km depth

19 Mar 06:06 UTC: First to report: NCS after 5 minutes.
19 Mar 06:29: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 19, 2023 06:01:19 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 11:01 am (GMT +5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.1
Depth	106.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	38.5045°N / 73.3438°E (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan)
Antipode	38.505°S / 106.656°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	66 km (41 mi) NW of Murghab (pop: 10,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 193 km (120 mi) NE of Khorugh (pop: 30,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 230 km (143 mi) SSE of Osh (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 200,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 248 km (154 mi) SE of Fergana (Uzbekistan) (pop: 164,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 250 km (155 mi) NE of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim) (pop: 26,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 295 km (184 mi) SE of Isfara (Sughd) (pop: 274,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 397 km (247 mi) E of Duschanbe (Dushanbe) (pop: 679,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds -13.5°C (8 F), humidity: 75%, wind: 2 m/s (5 kts) from SW
Estimated seismic energy released	8.9 x 10¹⁰ joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 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
4.1	107 km	Tajikistan: 344km NE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan	USGS
4.7	112 km	65 Km NW of Murghob, Tajikistan	NCS
4.1	107 km	Tajikistan-Xinjiang Border Region	RaspberryShake
4.1	10 km	Tajikistan-Xinjiang Border Reg.	IRIS
4.3	109 km	4.3 TAJIKISTAN	EMSC
3.5	10 km	KYRGYZSTAN	KNDC

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Seismic station: Batken, Kyrgyzstan (BTK/KR network) | Distance from quake: 278 km / 172 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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