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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Ashkāsham in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4614S, 71.2754WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan on Friday. Id of earthquake: us6000cbwm. Event ids that are associated: us6000cbwm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.11 km (73 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:24:26 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/10/20 / 2020-10-23 06:24:26 / October 23, 2020 @ 6:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 71.2754° East, latitude 36.4614° North, depth = 117.11 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby 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 Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 33 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan. This data 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 71.2754° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4614° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 117.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-23 06:24:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-23 07:10:36 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 2.643 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us6000cbwm Id of event.
Event Code 6000cbwm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cbwm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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