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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 73 km SSE of Farkhār, Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.0222S, 70.3052WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 118.369 km, 70.3052° East, 36.0222° North. Id of earthquake: us6000npud. Event ids that are associated: us6000npud. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 11:52:07 / September 5, 2024 @ 11:52 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118.369 km (74 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:52:07 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pārūn, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 73 km SSE of Farkhār, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.3052° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0222° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 118.369 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km SSE 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 2024-09-05 11:52:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-05 12:10:35 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 326 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.783 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us6000npud Id of event.
Event Code 6000npud An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000npud, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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