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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 73 km N of Pārūn, Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.0792S, 70.8359WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Pārūn in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 17:35:39 / December 29, 2024 @ 5:35 pm. Exact location of event, depth 93.226 km, 70.8359° East, 36.0792° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgbm. Id of event: us6000pgbm. The epicenter was at a depth of 93.226 km (58 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:35:39 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ashkāsham, Jurm, Pārūn.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: 73 km N of Pārūn, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.8359° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0792° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 93.226 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km N of Pārūn, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-29 17:35:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-29 17:59:20 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 284 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.091 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us6000pgbm Id of event.
Event Code 6000pgbm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pgbm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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