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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Baghlan in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.1658S, 68.4423WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Baghlan in Afghanistan on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 14.9 km, 68.4423° East, 36.1658° North. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:32:47 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.9 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us60005lxa. Unique identifier: us60005lxa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/09/19 / 2019-09-22 05:02:47 / September 22, 2019 @ 5:02 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Khulm (c. 64 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khulm, Khanabad, Kunduz (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 24 km W of Baghlan, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 68.4423° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.1658° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km W of Baghlan, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-22 05:02:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-22 05:24:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 370 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 1.416 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us60005lxa Id of event.
Event Code 60005lxa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60005lxa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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