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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 15 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.5938S, 71.3998WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:08:48 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 224.108 km (139 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 71.3998 East, latitude 36.5938 North, depth = 224.108 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/09/24 / 2024-09-04 13:08:48 / September 4, 2024 @ 1:08 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000npn0. Event ids that are associated: us6000npn0.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Khandūd, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.3998° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5938° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 224.108 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km SW 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 2024-09-04 13:08:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-11 10:18:17 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.777 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 70 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 us6000npn0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000npn0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000npn0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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