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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Khanabad in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.8591S, 69.2573WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Khanabad in Afghanistan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 19:51:17 / July 17, 2015 @ 7:51 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.59 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:21:17 / 12:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 69.2573 East, latitude 36.8591 North, depth = 7.59 km. Id of earthquake: us20002y7r. Event ids that are associated: us20002y7r.

Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nahrīn, Orzu, Dŭstí (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 23 km NNE of Khanabad, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.2573° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.8591° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km NNE of Khanabad, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-17 19:51:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-17 21:28:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 259 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 1.088 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us20002y7r Id of event.
Event Code 20002y7r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002y7r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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