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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Jarm in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 37.0552S, 71.2096WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. The temblor was reported at 00:16:45 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 71.2096 East, latitude 37.0552 North, depth = 88.7 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004f8e. Id of event: us10004f8e. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/01/16 / 2016-01-17 19:46:45 / January 17, 2016 @ 7:46 pm. 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 88.7 km (55 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd, Khorugh, Fayzabad. Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 39 km ENE of Jarm, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.2096° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.0552° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 88.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km ENE of Jarm, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-01-17 19:46:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-17 21:04:20 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 340 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 0.511 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us10004f8e Id of event.
Event Code 10004f8e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004f8e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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