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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Khandūd in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 37.4831S, 72.3953WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.3953 East, latitude 37.4831 North, depth = 82.14 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/09/20 / 2020-09-10 01:07:21 / September 10, 2020 @ 1:07 am. The temblor was reported at 01:07:21 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 82.14 km (51 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bktu. Id of event: us7000bktu.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 59 km N of Khandūd, 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 72.3953° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.4831° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 km N of Khandūd, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-10 01:07:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-13 23:04:13 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 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 2.05 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us7000bktu Id of event.
Event Code 7000bktu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bktu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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