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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near P?r?n in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.0602S, 70.6592WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from P?r?n in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 70.6592 East, latitude 36.0602 North, depth = 130.25 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 130.25 km (81 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:29:51 / 3:29 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000a4fs. Event ids that are associated: us6000a4fs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/06/20 / 2020-06-02 15:29:51 / June 2, 2020 @ 3:29 pm.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Jurm, Pārūn. Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km NNW of P?r?n, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.6592° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0602° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 130.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km NNW of P?r?n, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-02 15:29:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-02 16:39:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 284 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 2.011 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176 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 us6000a4fs Id of event.
Event Code 6000a4fs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a4fs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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