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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Farkhar in Afghanistan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 216.92 km (135 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 10/08/17 / 2017-08-10 22:58:44 / August 10, 2017 @ 10:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 70.1695° East, 36.5105° North, depth 216.92 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:28:44 / 3:28 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000a755. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a755.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ārt Khwājah, Fayzabad, Rustāq (min 5000 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km ESE of Farkhar, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.1695° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.5105° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	216.92 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28km ESE 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	2017-08-10 22:58:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-08-10 23:28:21	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	246	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	0.695	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.68 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	us2000a755	Id of event.
Event Code	2000a755	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000a755,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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