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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Pārūn in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 35.9601S, 70.8049WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Pārūn in Afghanistan on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 101.689 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 101.689 km, 70.8049° East, 35.9601° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nntg. Unique identifier: us6000nntg. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/08/24 / 2024-08-31 03:05:27 / August 31, 2024 @ 3:05 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:05:27 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pārūn. Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km N of Pārūn, Afghanistan. This data 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 70.8049° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.9601° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 101.689 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km N of Pārūn, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-31 03:05:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-05 03:21:07 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.987 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us6000nntg Id of event.
Event Code 6000nntg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nntg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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