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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Farkhār in Afghanistan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:31:25 / 8:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000cqas. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000cqas. Exact location of earthquake, 69.8559° East, 36.4705° North, depth 161.71 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/11/20 / 2020-11-19 08:31:25 / November 19, 2020 @ 8:31 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 161.71 km (100 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kunduz, Nahrīn, Ārt Khwājah (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. 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: 11 km S of Farkhār, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	69.8559° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.4705° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	161.71 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 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	2020-11-19 08:31:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-11-19 08:51:35	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	2.036	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 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	us6000cqas	Id of event.
Event Code	6000cqas	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000cqas,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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