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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Jurm in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.6323S, 71.0675WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/11/24 / 2024-11-04 11:22:20 / November 4, 2024 @ 11:22 am. Id of earthquake: us7000npud. Event ids that are associated: us7000npud. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 200.54 km (125 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 200.54 km, 71.0675° East, 36.6323° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:22:20 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and one 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km SE of Jurm, Afghanistan. This information 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 71.0675° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6323° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 200.54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km SE of Jurm, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-04 11:22:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-02 03:14:57 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.105 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 173 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 us7000npud Id of event.
Event Code 7000npud An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000npud, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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