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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Jarm in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on June 15, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.6536S, 71.0101WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Friday. The temblor was reported at 12:06:43 / 12:06 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600040my. Id of event: us600040my. Exact location of event, depth 215.19 km, 71.0101° East, 36.6536° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 215.19 km (134 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/06/19 / 2019-06-14 07:36:43 / June 14, 2019 @ 7:36 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).

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

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.0101° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6536° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 215.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km SE 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 2019-06-14 07:36:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-15 12:13:12 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 1.017 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us600040my Id of event.
Event Code 600040my An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600040my, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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