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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Tagab in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 35.1561S, 69.9996WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (mg/mb) was reported Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Tagab in Afghanistan. The temblor was reported at 04:21:14 / 4:21 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 124.72 km (77 miles). Global time of event 14/06/15 / 2015-06-14 23:51:14 / June 14, 2015 @ 11:51 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 69.9996 East, latitude 35.1561 North, depth 124.72 km, unique identifier, us20002ptg. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us20002ptg,.

Close countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Charikar (c. 53 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Mehtar Lām (c. 17 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Jabal os Saraj (c. 15 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sidqābād (c. 7 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jalālābād, Pārūn, Charikar.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.9996° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.1561° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 124.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km NE of Tagab, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-06-14 23:51:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-15 00:39:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 259 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.997 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us20002ptg Id of event.
Event Code 20002ptg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002ptg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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