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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Nahrīn in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.0697S, 69.1545WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Nahrīn in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 17:59:18 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). 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 45 km (28 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000b9as. Event ids that are associated: us6000b9as. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/20 / 2020-08-04 17:59:18 / August 4, 2020 @ 5:59 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 69.1545° East, 36.0697° North, depth 45 km.

Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bāzārak, Farkhār, Taloqan. Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 1 km ENE of Nahrīn, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.1545° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0697° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km ENE of Nahrīn, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-04 17:59:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-04 18:24:39 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 298 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 1.528 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 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 us6000b9as Id of event.
Event Code 6000b9as An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b9as, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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