Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Jurm in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.9675 East, latitude 36.7224 North, depth = 225.12 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 21:48:54 / December 30, 2024 @ 9:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 225.12 km (140 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pgjv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgjv. The temblor was picked up at 21:48:54 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Fayzabad, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 19 km SE of Jurm, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.9675° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.7224° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	225.12 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19 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	2024-12-30 21:48:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-31 05:31:43	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.406	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.35 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	90	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	us6000pgjv	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pgjv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pgjv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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