Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Ashkāsham in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 237.541 km (148 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 02:51:41 / October 1, 2024 @ 2:51 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:51:41 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 71.1971° East, latitude 36.4226° North, depth = 237.541 km. Event id: us7000nmg6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmg6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).

Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 41 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	71.1971° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.4226° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	237.541 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	41 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	2024-10-01 02:51:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-23 04:03:54	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	259	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.83	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.39 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	136	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	us7000nmg6	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nmg6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nmg6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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