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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Jurm in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.5546S, 70.8773WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 204.01 km (127 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:07:35 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/07/20 / 2020-07-28 10:07:35 / July 28, 2020 @ 10:07 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b58u. Unique identifier: us6000b58u. Exact location of earthquake, 70.8773° East, 36.5546° North, depth 204.01 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad. The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 34 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.8773° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5546° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 204.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-28 10:07:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-28 11:14:13 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 271 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 1.157 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us6000b58u Id of event.
Event Code 6000b58u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b58u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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