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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Ashkāsham in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4652S, 71.3354WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 103.992 km (65 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/10/24 / 2024-10-15 17:42:53 / October 15, 2024 @ 5:42 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:42:53 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 103.992 km, 71.3354° East, 36.4652° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nyvq. Unique identifier: us6000nyvq.

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham.

Every 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 seven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 29 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 71.3354° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4652° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 103.992 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 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 2024-10-15 17:42:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-05 20:44:33 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.373 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 252 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 us6000nyvq Id of event.
Event Code 6000nyvq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nyvq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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