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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Jarm in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4753S, 70.4965WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Sunday. Unique identifier: us1000i575. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000i575. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:34:29 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 200.32 km (124 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/18 / 2018-12-08 23:04:29 / December 8, 2018 @ 11:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.4965 East, latitude 36.4753 North, depth = 200.32 km.

Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taloqan, Fayzabad, Farkhār (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km SW of Jarm, 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 70.4965° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4753° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 200.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km SW 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 2018-12-08 23:04:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-09 00:18:07 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 1.405 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us1000i575 Id of event.
Event Code 1000i575 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000i575, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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