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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Dasht-e Archi in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on July 17, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.9512S, 69.2567WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Dasht-e Archi in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, 69.2567° East, 36.9512° North, depth 35.52 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 19:36:55 / July 17, 2015 @ 7:36 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.52 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:06:55 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20002y7i. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002y7i.

Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Farkhor (c. 21 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vakhsh, Kolkhozobod, Jilikŭl. Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km SSE of Dasht-e Archi, Afghanistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.2567° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.9512° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km SSE of Dasht-e Archi, 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 19:36:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-17 21:07:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 270 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 284 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 1.07 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us20002y7i Id of event.
Event Code 20002y7i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002y7i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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