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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Pārūn in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.1345S, 70.824WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Pārūn in Afghanistan on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.824 East, latitude 36.1345 North, depth = 115.635 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 14:42:44 / September 21, 2024 @ 2:42 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000nthh. Event ids that are associated: us6000nthh. The temblor was picked up at 14:42:44 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115.635 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-three 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 79 km N of Pārūn, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.824° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.1345° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 115.635 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79 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 2024-09-21 14:42:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-21 15:21:41 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 312 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.905 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 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 us6000nthh Id of event.
Event Code 6000nthh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nthh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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