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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Khandūd in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on March 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.4186S, 72.3551WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 10:50:36 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pxge. Id of event: us6000pxge. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.3551 East, latitude 37.4186 North, depth = 208.348 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 208.348 km (129 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/02/25 / 2025-02-28 10:50:36 / February 28, 2025 @ 10:50 am UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorugh, Khandūd.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km N of Khandūd, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 72.3551° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.4186° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 208.348 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km N of Khandūd, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-28 10:50:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-27 15:02:20 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 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.585 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 215 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 us6000pxge Id of event.
Event Code 6000pxge An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pxge, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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