Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Jarm in Afghanistan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009dul. Id of event: us60009dul. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:45:35 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.5762 East, latitude 36.5428 North, depth = 199.62 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 199.62 km (124 miles). Global time and date of event 28/04/20 / 2020-04-28 11:15:35 / April 28, 2020 @ 11:15 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taloqan, Ishqoshim, Rustāq (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

Did you feel anything?

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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

More information

Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.5762° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.5428° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	199.62 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42km SSW 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	2020-04-28 11:15:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-04-28 11:37:17	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	354	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	1.948	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	62	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	us60009dul	Id of event.
Event Code	60009dul	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60009dul,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

70.5762° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

36.5428° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

199.62 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

42km SSW 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

2020-04-28 11:15:35

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-04-28 11:37:17

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

354

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

1.948

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

Root Mean Square

0.76 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

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

us60009dul

Id of event.

Event Code

60009dul

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

Event IDS

,us60009dul,

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

Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Jarm in Afghanistan

Did you feel anything?

More information

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information