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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 29 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.6278S, 70.9805WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 207.96 km (129 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/01/21 / 2021-01-12 04:47:17 / January 12, 2021 @ 4:47 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d7n0. Id of event: us6000d7n0. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:47:17 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.9805 East, latitude 36.6278 North, depth = 207.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 29 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.9805° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6278° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 207.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-12 04:47:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-12 05:02:26 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 2.613 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us6000d7n0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000d7n0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d7n0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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