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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag was detected near Baraki Barak in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on February 18, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 34.0137S, 68.8535WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Baraki Barak in Afghanistan on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:18:43 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000dipz. Event ids that are associated: us6000dipz. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 68.8535° East, 34.0137° North. Global time and date of event 18/02/21 / 2021-02-18 18:18:43 / February 18, 2021 @ 6:18 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ghazni. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Kabul (c. 3 043 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ghazni (c. 141 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Gardēz (c. 103 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Paghmān (c. 49 200 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Barakī Barak (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Pul-e ‘Alam (c. 13 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km WNW of Baraki Barak, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 68.8535° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.0137° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km WNW of Baraki Barak, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-18 18:18:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-18 23:00:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 214 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 0.548 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 230 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 us6000dipz Id of event.
Event Code 6000dipz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dipz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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