Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Farkhar in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. The epicenter was at a depth of 212.66 km (132 miles). Exact location, longitude 70.2886° East, latitude 36.5196° North, depth = 212.66 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/11/16 / 2016-11-22 13:12:47 / November 22, 2016 @ 1:12 pm. 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: us10007bem. Unique identifier: us10007bem. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:42:47 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 39 km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.2886° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.5196° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	212.66 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-11-22 13:12:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-11-22 14:55:57	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	271	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	0.647	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.5 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	69	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	us10007bem	Id of event.
Event Code	10007bem	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10007bem,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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