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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 39 km SW of Jurm, Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.5888S, 70.5573WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8vp. Id of event: us7000n8vp. The temblor was reported at 22:47:35 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 198.858 km (124 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 70.5573 East, latitude 36.5888 North, depth = 198.858 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: 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 22:47:35 / August 22, 2024 @ 10:47 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taloqan, Rustāq, Ashkāsham.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 39 km SW of Jurm, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.5573° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5888° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 198.858 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 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 2024-08-22 22:47:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-23 04:41:54 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.372 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us7000n8vp Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8vp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8vp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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