Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Nahrin in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Nahrin in Afghanistan. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:32:15 / 2:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 69.3187° East, latitude 35.9738° North, depth = 41.35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100042nd. Event ids that are associated: us100042nd. The epicenter was at a depth of 41.35 km (26 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/15 / 2015-12-02 10:02:15 / December 2, 2015 @ 10:02 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jabal os Saraj, Kunduz, Taloqan. Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	69.3187° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.9738° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	41.35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19km ESE of Nahrin, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-12-02 10:02:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-12-02 10:32:38	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	312	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	1.447	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.75 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	97	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	us100042nd	Id of event.
Event Code	100042nd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us100042nd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

69.3187° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

35.9738° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

41.35 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

19km ESE of Nahrin, Afghanistan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2015-12-02 10:02:15

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-12-02 10:32:38

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

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

312

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

1.447

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.75 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us100042nd

Id of event.

Event Code

100042nd

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us100042nd,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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