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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Ashkasham in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4352S, 71.2398WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Thursday. Event id: us70008g7i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008g7i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 101.7 km (63 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:52:21 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/03/20 / 2020-03-26 04:22:21 / March 26, 2020 @ 4:22 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 71.2398 East, latitude 36.4352 North, depth = 101.7 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.2398° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4352° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 101.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km SW 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 2020-03-26 04:22:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-08 22:18:16 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 259 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 2.604 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us70008g7i Id of event.
Event Code 70008g7i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008g7i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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