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


Earthquake location 36.5276S, 69.9655WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. The epicenter was at a depth of 228.91 km (142 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/04/18 / 2018-04-07 11:25:44 / April 7, 2018 @ 11:25 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 69.9655° East, 36.5276° North, depth 228.91 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000dvzx. Unique identifier: us2000dvzx. The temblor was picked up at 15:55:44 / 3:55 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nahrīn, Jurm, Fayzabad.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 10 km ESE of Farkhar, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.9655° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5276° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 228.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km 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 2018-04-07 11:25:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-07 11:40:42 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 0.772 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us2000dvzx Id of event.
Event Code 2000dvzx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000dvzx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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