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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Farkhār in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on November 18, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.3229S, 69.8157WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000cprw. Id of event: us6000cprw. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 69.8157 East, latitude 36.3229 North, depth = 130.02 km. Global time and date of event 18/11/20 / 2020-11-18 10:33:47 / November 18, 2020 @ 10:33 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 130.02 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:33:47 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kunduz, Ārt Khwājah, Rustāq (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 27 km S of Farkhār, Afghanistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.8157° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.3229° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 130.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km S of Farkhār, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-18 10:33:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-18 10:56:41 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 340 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 1.886 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us6000cprw Id of event.
Event Code 6000cprw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cprw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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