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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Jarm in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.5334S, 70.6807WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 186.19 km (116 miles). Global time and date of event 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 03:26:49 / January 26, 2019 @ 3:26 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:56:49 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j92s. Unique identifier: us2000j92s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 186.19 km, 70.6807° East, 36.5334° North.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Farkhār.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 39 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.6807° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5334° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 186.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km SSW 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 2019-01-26 03:26:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-26 04:16:44 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 284 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 1.266 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us2000j92s Id of event.
Event Code 2000j92s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j92s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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