Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Farkhār in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. The temblor was picked up at 12:15:15 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000p78t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p78t. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/11/24 / 2024-11-23 12:15:15 / November 23, 2024 @ 12:15 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 214.605 km (133 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 70.2325 East, latitude 36.4837 North, depth = 214.605 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rustāq, Fayzabad, Jurm (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 34 km ESE of Farkhār, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.2325° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.4837° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	214.605 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34 km ESE of Farkhār, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-23 12:15:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-24 06:32:52	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	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.878	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	88	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	us6000p78t	Id of event.
Event Code	6000p78t	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000p78t,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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