Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 37 km SSE of Farkhar, Afghanistan

Posted by admin on February 24, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.2549S, 69.9979WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan on Friday. Event id: us20008m0y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008m0y. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:20:59 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 134.94 km (84 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 69.9979° East, 36.2549° North, depth 134.94 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/02/17 / 2017-02-24 12:50:59 / February 24, 2017 @ 12:50 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khanabad, Nahrīn, Taloqan (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

Did you feel the quake?

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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 37 km SSE of Farkhar, Afghanistan.

Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.9979° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.2549° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 134.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km SSE 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 2017-02-24 12:50:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-24 13:18:56 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 284 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 0.985 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 75 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 us20008m0y Id of event.
Event Code 20008m0y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008m0y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information

Information and facts about all earthquakes today. Earthquake news and analysis on current events, Plate Tectonics, Seismometers, quake prediction, environment, Tsunamis, Seismologists, Prediction, live now, videos, information, pictures and much more. Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today.

© 2024 Earthquakes today - Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today