Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Khandūd in Afghanistan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan. Unique identifier: us6000nqah. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nqah. The epicenter was at a depth of 210.411 km (131 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 72.2125 East, latitude 37.3818 North, depth = 210.411 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:09:54 / 12:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/09/24 / 2024-09-07 12:09:54 / September 7, 2024 @ 12:09 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Khorugh, Khandūd.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 48 km N of Khandūd, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	72.2125° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.3818° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	210.411 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	48 km N of Khandūd, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-07 12:09:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-07 12:30:11	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	48	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.117	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	61	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	us6000nqah	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nqah	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nqah,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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