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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Ashkasham in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.6854S, 71.3807WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. The temblor was reported at 15:59:33 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.3807 East, latitude 36.6854 North, depth = 161.5 km. Unique identifier: us2000g3xd. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g3xd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 11:29:33 / July 13, 2018 @ 11:29 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 161.5 km (100 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorugh, Khandūd, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).

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 in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

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: 13 km W of Ashkasham, 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 71.3807° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6854° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 161.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km W of Ashkasham, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-13 11:29:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-13 13:26:41 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 0.78 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us2000g3xd Id of event.
Event Code 2000g3xd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000g3xd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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