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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Ashkāsham in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4044S, 71.0795WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 71.0795 East, latitude 36.4044 North, depth = 226.191 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 226.191 km (141 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/05/24 / 2024-05-22 13:19:38 / May 22, 2024 @ 1:19 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n099. Id of event: us6000n099. The temblor was picked up at 13:19:38 / 1:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).

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 seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 51 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.0795° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4044° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 226.191 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-22 13:19:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-22 14:21:16 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 326 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 135 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.464 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 38 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 us6000n099 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n099 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n099, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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