Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Farkhār in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us7000mu4m. Event ids that are associated: us7000mu4m. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:31:56 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 202.006 km, 70.2992° East, 36.7504° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/24 / 2024-06-23 14:31:56 / June 23, 2024 @ 2:31 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 202.006 km (126 miles).

The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ārt Khwājah, Taloqan, Rustāq (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 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 three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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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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: 44 km ENE of Farkhār, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.2992° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.7504° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	202.006 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	44 km ENE 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	2024-06-23 14:31:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-23 15:41:27	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	246	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	25	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.162	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.81 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	160	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	us7000mu4m	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mu4m	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mu4m,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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