Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Pul-e Khumri in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Pul-e Khumri in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 68.9113 East, latitude 36.0093 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:48:03 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006mdc. Id of event: us60006mdc. 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: 05/12/19 / 2019-12-05 12:18:03 / December 5, 2019 @ 12:18 pm.

Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taloqan, Bāzārak, Aībak (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 19 km ENE of Pul-e Khumri, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	68.9113° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.0093° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19km ENE of Pul-e Khumri, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-12-05 12:18:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-07 06:38:27	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	340	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	1.469	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.69 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	124	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	us60006mdc	Id of event.
Event Code	60006mdc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60006mdc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

68.9113° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

36.0093° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

19km ENE of Pul-e Khumri, Afghanistan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2019-12-05 12:18:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-12-07 06:38:27

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

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

340

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

1.469

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.69 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

124

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us60006mdc

Id of event.

Event Code

60006mdc

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us60006mdc,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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