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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Farkhār in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4947S, 70.3128WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan on Wednesday. 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: 29/05/24 / 2024-05-29 15:51:26 / May 29, 2024 @ 3:51 pm. Event id: us7000mnsz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mnsz. Exact location of event, longitude 70.3128 East, latitude 36.4947 North, depth = 204.64 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 204.64 km (127 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:51:26 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km ESE of Farkhār, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.3128° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4947° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 204.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km ESE 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 2024-05-29 15:51:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-07 01:31:27 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.197 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us7000mnsz Id of event.
Event Code 7000mnsz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mnsz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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