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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Ashkasham in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on June 12, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.3511S, 71.1755WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Ashkasham in Afghanistan on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77.96 km (48 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/06/17 / 2017-06-12 13:54:25 / June 12, 2017 @ 1:54 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009lyd. Id of event: us20009lyd. The temblor was picked up at 18:24:25 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.1755 East, latitude 36.3511 North, depth = 77.96 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.1755° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.3511° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-06-12 13:54:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-12 15:06:46 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 326 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 0.91 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us20009lyd Id of event.
Event Code 20009lyd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009lyd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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