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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Farkhar in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.5257S, 69.9802WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002zzt. Unique identifier: us10002zzt. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 69.9802 East, latitude 36.5257 North, depth = 220.41 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 01:54:22 / August 7, 2015 @ 1:54 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 220.41 km (137 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:24:22 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nahrīn, Jurm, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 12 km ESE of Farkhar, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.9802° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5257° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 220.41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km ESE of Farkhar, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-07 01:54:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-07 02:59:24 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 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 0.766 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us10002zzt Id of event.
Event Code 10002zzt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002zzt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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