Light earthquake: M4.9 quake strikes near Ashkasham in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (mg/mb) was reported Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. The temblor was reported at 11:16:46 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 102.25 km (64 miles). Global time of event 2015-02-14 06:16:46 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 71.6431 East, latitude 36.4226 North, depth 102.25 km.

Close countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Khandūd, Ishqoshim.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	71.6431° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.4226° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	102.25 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	30km SSE of Ashkasham, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-02-14 18:16:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-02-14 22:56:45	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	369	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	us	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.107	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	69	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	usb000tpdd	Id of event.
Event Code	b000tpdd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	usb000tpdd	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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