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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Jarm in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on July 7, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.5688S, 70.581WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.581 East, latitude 36.5688 North, depth = 171.64 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/16 / 2016-07-07 08:41:38 / July 7, 2016 @ 8:41 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:11:38 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us100061ji. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100061ji. The epicenter was at a depth of 171.64 km (107 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taloqan, Ishqoshim, Rustāq (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).

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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 39 km SW of Jarm, Afghanistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.581° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5688° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 171.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km SW 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 2016-07-07 08:41:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-07 09:02:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 270 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 312 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 1.29 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 169 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 us100061ji Id of event.
Event Code 100061ji An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100061ji, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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