Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan kilometers (0 miles) from Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:22:48 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10008s7s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008s7s. Global time and date of event 13/05/17 / 2017-05-13 19:22:48 / May 13, 2017 @ 7:22 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 71.2884 East, latitude 36.9922 North, depth = 107.13 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.13 km (67 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Fayzabad, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	71.2884° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.9922° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	107.13 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-05-13 19:22:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-05-14 00:33:36	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.585	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	77	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	us10008s7s	Id of event.
Event Code	10008s7s	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008s7s,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

71.2884° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

36.9922° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

107.13 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-05-13 19:22:48

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-05-14 00:33:36

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

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

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

0.585

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.91 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10008s7s

Id of event.

Event Code

10008s7s

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us10008s7s,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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