Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Jurm in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Thursday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:57:16 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 227.256 km, 70.4698° East, 36.6071° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 227.256 km (141 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000n8kc. Event ids that are associated: us6000n8kc. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/06/24 / 2024-06-27 08:57:16 / June 27, 2024 @ 8:57 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taloqan, Rustāq, Fayzabad. Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km SW of Jurm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.4698° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.6071° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	227.256 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	43 km SW 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	2024-06-27 08:57:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-27 11:51:43	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	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.354	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.33 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	89	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	us6000n8kc	Id of event.
Event Code	6000n8kc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000n8kc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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