Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 71 km SE of Farkhār, Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. The temblor was detected at 22:33:47 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.3736 East, latitude 36.086 North, depth = 121.905 km. 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 121.905 km (76 miles). Global time and date of event 12/07/24 / 2024-07-12 22:33:47 / July 12, 2024 @ 10:33 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000myzj. Id of event: us7000myzj.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pārūn, Farkhār. Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 71 km SE of Farkhār, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.3736° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.086° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	121.905 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	71 km SE 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	2024-07-12 22:33:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-16 05:15:48	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	271	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	3.401	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.66 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	156	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	us7000myzj	Id of event.
Event Code	7000myzj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000myzj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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