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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Imām Şāḩib in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 37.2106S, 68.9488WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Imām Şāḩib in Afghanistan on Sunday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:45:07 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 68.9488° East, latitude 37.2106° North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 17/11/24 / 2024-11-17 20:45:07 / November 17, 2024 @ 8:45 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000nsbe. Event ids that are associated: us7000nsbe. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Qŭrghonteppa (c. 65 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vose’, Abdurahmoni Jomí, Chubek (min 5000 pop).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km NNE of Imām Şāḩib, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 68.9488° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2106° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km NNE of Imām Şāḩib, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-17 20:45:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-17 21:09:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 298 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.051 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us7000nsbe Id of event.
Event Code 7000nsbe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nsbe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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