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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Jarm in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4641S, 70.7941WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Sunday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:58:43 / 1:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 70.7941° East, 36.4641° North, depth 138.08 km. 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 138.08 km (86 miles). Unique identifier: us2000gaxj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000gaxj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/18 / 2018-07-21 21:28:43 / July 21, 2018 @ 9:28 pm.

The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 nine, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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. 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: 44 km S of Jarm, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.7941° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4641° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 138.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km S 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 2018-07-21 21:28:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-09 04:17:08 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 0.683 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us2000gaxj Id of event.
Event Code 2000gaxj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000gaxj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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