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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan


Earthquake location 35.9469S, 70.5381WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan kilometers (0 miles) from Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan. The temblor was picked up at 22:15:35 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/10/18 / 2018-10-06 22:15:35 / October 6, 2018 @ 10:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.5381 East, latitude 35.9469 North, depth = 97.65 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h89r. Id of event: us1000h89r. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97.65 km (61 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Pārūn. Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.5381° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.9469° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-06 22:15:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-06 23:28:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 312 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 1.176 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us1000h89r Id of event.
Event Code 1000h89r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h89r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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