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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.2488S, 70.7774WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007ela. Unique identifier: us20007ela. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.61 km (68 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 70.7774° East, 36.2488° North, depth 109.61 km. The temblor was reported at 18:49:23 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/16 / 2016-10-16 14:19:23 / October 16, 2016 @ 2:19 pm.

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Farkhār, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, 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 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km N of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.7774° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.2488° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 109.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km N 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 2016-10-16 14:19:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-16 15:39:16 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 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 259 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 1.461 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us20007ela Id of event.
Event Code 20007ela An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007ela, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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