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Moderate earthquake: M5.4 quake has struck near Ashkāsham in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on August 29, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.543S, 71.2681WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nnfd. Id of event: us6000nnfd. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/08/24 / 2024-08-29 05:56:40 / August 29, 2024 @ 5:56 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 05:56:40 / 5:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 71.2681 East, latitude 36.543 North, depth = 224.338 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 224.338 km (139 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorugh, Khandūd, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km WSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.2681° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.543° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 224.338 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km WSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-29 05:56:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-29 06:14:37 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 449 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 110 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.669 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 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 us6000nnfd Id of event.
Event Code 6000nnfd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nnfd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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