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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Jurm in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.9948S, 71.1306WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: usa000p6bj. Id of event: usa000p6bj. The temblor was detected at 21:41:34 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 149.616 km (93 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 21:41:34 / September 5, 2024 @ 9:41 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.1306 East, latitude 36.9948 North, depth = 149.616 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km ENE of Jurm, Afghanistan. This information 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 71.1306° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.9948° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 149.616 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km ENE of Jurm, 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 21:41:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-02 22:17:06 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.534 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 299 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 usa000p6bj Id of event.
Event Code a000p6bj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,usa000p6bj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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