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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Jurm in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.3568S, 70.8971WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.025 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 70.8971° East, latitude 36.3568° North, depth = 120.025 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000n9qy. Event ids that are associated: us6000n9qy. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/24 / 2024-07-02 01:09:10 / July 2, 2024 @ 1:09 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 01:09:10 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.8971° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.3568° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 120.025 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56 km S 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 2024-07-02 01:09:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-02 02:37:49 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.334 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 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 us6000n9qy Id of event.
Event Code 6000n9qy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n9qy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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