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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Taloqan in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4129S, 69.4086WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Taloqan in Afghanistan. Exact location, longitude 69.4086° East, latitude 36.4129° North, depth = 39.46 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/08/19 / 2019-08-21 20:10:50 / August 21, 2019 @ 8:10 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.46 km (25 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:40:50 / 12:40 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700056qp. Id of event: us700056qp.

Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Panj, Rustāq.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 37 km SSW of Taloqan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.4086° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4129° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km SSW of Taloqan, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-21 20:10:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-21 20:30:20 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 385 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 1.541 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us700056qp Id of event.
Event Code 700056qp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700056qp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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