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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Mehtar Lām in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 34.9141S, 70.2412WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Mehtar Lām in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:17:39 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 70.2412 East, latitude 34.9141 North, depth = 67.783 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mtch. Unique identifier: us7000mtch. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/06/24 / 2024-06-19 04:17:39 / June 19, 2024 @ 4:17 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.783 km (42 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charikar, Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Charikar (c. 53 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Mehtar Lām (c. 17 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (c. 15 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Jabal os Saraj (c. 15 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km N of Mehtar Lām, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.2412° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.9141° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.783 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km N of Mehtar Lām, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-19 04:17:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-19 04:45:41 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 354 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.866 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 92 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 us7000mtch Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtch An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtch, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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