Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Ashkasham in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000iua8. Unique identifier: us2000iua8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 71.2376° East, 36.562° North, depth 225.01 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:38:11 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 225.01 km (140 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/18 / 2018-12-17 01:08:11 / December 17, 2018 @ 1:08 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 29 km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	71.2376° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.562° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	225.01 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	29km WSW 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	2018-12-17 01:08:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-12-17 01:27:05	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	369	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	1.023	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.65 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	56	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	us2000iua8	Id of event.
Event Code	2000iua8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000iua8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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