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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Nahrīn in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.1972S, 69.567WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Nahrīn in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmdc. Id of event: us7000nmdc. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/10/24 / 2024-10-22 05:07:28 / October 22, 2024 @ 5:07 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:07:28 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 109.81 km (68 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 69.567° East, latitude 36.1972° North, depth = 109.81 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kunduz, Pul-e Khumrī, Baghlān (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 41 km ENE of Nahrīn, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.567° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.1972° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 109.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km ENE of Nahrīn, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-22 05:07:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-17 11:49:21 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 246 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.788 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 233 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 us7000nmdc Id of event.
Event Code 7000nmdc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nmdc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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