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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Farkhār in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.2792S, 69.6184WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 69.6184 East, latitude 36.2792 North, depth = 122.276 km. Event id: us7000mraa. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mraa. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122.276 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 04:57:54 / June 9, 2024 @ 4:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:57:54 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ārt Khwājah, Pul-e Khumrī, Kunduz (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 39 km SSW of Farkhār, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.6184° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.2792° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 122.276 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km SSW 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 2024-06-09 04:57:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-12 01:16:46 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 259 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.424 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us7000mraa Id of event.
Event Code 7000mraa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mraa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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