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


Earthquake location 36.6781S, 70.4201WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:18:41 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000chs0. Unique identifier: us1000chs0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 263.48 km (164 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 70.4201 East, latitude 36.6781 North, depth = 263.48 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 21:48:41 / February 6, 2018 @ 9:48 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taloqan, Rustāq, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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. 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: 42 km WSW of Jarm, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.4201° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6781° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 263.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km WSW of Jarm, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-06 21:48:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-06 22:20:33 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 0.463 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us1000chs0 Id of event.
Event Code 1000chs0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000chs0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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