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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag has occurred near Jurm in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on October 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.5608S, 70.5904WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 203.382 km (126 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 18:56:51 / October 16, 2024 @ 6:56 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 70.5904° East, 36.5608° North, depth 203.382 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:56:51 / 6:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nz5n. Id of event: us6000nz5n.

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 Ārt Khwājah, Taloqan, Ishqoshim. The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 115 km (71 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.5904° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5608° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 203.382 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40 km SSW 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 2024-10-16 18:56:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-16 19:15:03 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 536 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 146 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.938 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nz5n Id of event.
Event Code 6000nz5n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nz5n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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