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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Jurm in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.5875S, 71.0598WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.0598 East, latitude 36.5875 North, depth = 108.578 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 11:52:11 / May 15, 2024 @ 11:52 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:52:11 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000myqh. Id of event: us6000myqh. The epicenter was at a depth of 108.578 km (67 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 36 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.0598° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5875° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 108.578 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 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 2024-05-15 11:52:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 12:06:47 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 271 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.596 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 174 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 us6000myqh Id of event.
Event Code 6000myqh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000myqh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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