Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Farkhār in Afghanistan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 20:34:41 / May 20, 2024 @ 8:34 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:34:41 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000mzwk. Event ids that are associated: us6000mzwk. Exact location of event, longitude 70.3667 East, latitude 36.5006 North, depth = 197.151 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 197.151 km (123 miles).

Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km E of Farkhār, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.3667° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.5006° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	197.151 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	46 km E 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	2024-05-20 20:34:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-20 20:50:51	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	312	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	66	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.221	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	68	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	us6000mzwk	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mzwk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mzwk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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