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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Ashkasham in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on June 11, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.4123S, 71.2247WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 103.77 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200063vj. Id of event: us200063vj. Exact location of earthquake, 71.2247° East, 36.4123° North, depth 103.77 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:24:08 / 2:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/06/16 / 2016-06-11 21:54:08 / June 11, 2016 @ 9:54 pm.

The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 40 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.2247° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4123° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 103.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km SW 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 2016-06-11 21:54:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-11 22:12:47 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 340 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 0.882 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 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 us200063vj Id of event.
Event Code 200063vj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200063vj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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