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Moderate earthquake: M5.7 quake has struck near Ashkasham in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on August 10, 2015 2 Comments

Earthquake location 36.5211S, 71.2031WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Monday. Event id: us100030qs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100030qs. Exact location of event, depth 223.07 km, 71.2031° East, 36.5211° North. The temblor was detected at 14:35:25 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 10:05:25 / August 10, 2015 @ 10:05 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 223.07 km (139 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh, Khandūd, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 110 km (69 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 34 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.2031° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5211° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 223.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km WSW 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 2015-08-10 10:05:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-10 10:31:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 69 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.72 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 527 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 0.785 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 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 us100030qs Id of event.
Event Code 100030qs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100030qs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. Farrukh

    Felt for almost 15 sec in Islamabad, Pakistan. Jolts many buildings and people got out of homes and offices.
    Media here reported it as 6.7 Magnitude.

    August 10, 2015
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  2. Shorn

    Felt it in Delhi, India

    August 10, 2015
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