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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Ashkasham in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.7105S, 71.3663WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 19:24:14 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000jgat. Event ids that are associated: us2000jgat. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 183.16 km, 71.3663° East, 36.7105° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/02/19 / 2019-02-11 14:54:14 / February 11, 2019 @ 2:54 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 183.16 km (114 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd, Khorugh, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop).

Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 15 km WNW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.3663° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.7105° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 183.16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km WNW 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 2019-02-11 14:54:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-11 15:13:30 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 0.756 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us2000jgat Id of event.
Event Code 2000jgat An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000jgat, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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