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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 28 km SE of Jurm, Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.6603S, 71.0235WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 212.004 km (132 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:09:05 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 71.0235° East, latitude 36.6603° North, depth = 212.004 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 14:09:05 / August 14, 2024 @ 2:09 pm. Event id: us6000nk3h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nk3h.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 28 km SE of Jurm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.0235° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6603° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 212.004 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km SE 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 2024-08-14 14:09:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-21 13:47:48 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 284 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.556 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us6000nk3h Id of event.
Event Code 6000nk3h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nk3h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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