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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Jurm in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4177S, 70.9509WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 193.826 km (120 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.9509 East, latitude 36.4177 North, depth = 193.826 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000msnh. Event ids that are associated: us7000msnh. The temblor was picked up at 13:39:55 / 1:39 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/06/24 / 2024-06-15 13:39:55 / June 15, 2024 @ 1:39 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.9509° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4177° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 193.826 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 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 2024-06-15 13:39:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-15 14:14:27 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 298 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.718 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176 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 us7000msnh Id of event.
Event Code 7000msnh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000msnh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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