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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4089S, 70.5434WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/01/17 / 2017-01-28 22:03:59 / January 28, 2017 @ 10:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007vz1. Id of event: us10007vz1. Exact location of event, depth 142.71 km, 70.5434° East, 36.4089° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 142.71 km (89 miles). The temblor was picked up at 02:33:59 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Farkhār, Jurm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 46 km NNW 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 70.5434° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4089° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 142.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km 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 2017-01-28 22:03:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-18 23:26:18 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 0.715 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us10007vz1 Id of event.
Event Code 10007vz1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007vz1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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