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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag strikes near `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on June 23, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.4344S, 70.6696WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. The epicenter was at a depth of 213.11 km (132 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:05:38 / 4:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 70.6696° East, 36.4344° North, depth 213.11 km. Id of earthquake: us2000668i. Event ids that are associated: us2000668i. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/16 / 2016-06-23 11:35:38 / June 23, 2016 @ 11:35 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 107 km (66 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rustāq, Taloqan, Ishqoshim.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 45 km NNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.6696° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4344° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 213.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45km NNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-23 11:35:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-23 11:50:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 450 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 0.693 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 29 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 us2000668i Id of event.
Event Code 2000668i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000668i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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