Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Jalalabad in Afghanistan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Jalalabad in Afghanistan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:04:08 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/11/17 / 2017-11-04 16:34:08 / November 4, 2017 @ 4:34 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 73.72 km (46 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000bigs. Event ids that are associated: us2000bigs. Exact location of event, longitude 70.5436 East, latitude 34.2602 North, depth = 73.72 km.

The epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Hangu (c. 36 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Mehtar Lām (c. 17 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (c. 15 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Doāba, Hangu, Shabqadar. Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.5436° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.2602° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	73.72 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20km SSE of Jalalabad, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-11-04 16:34:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-04 16:52:11	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	270	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.2	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	327	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	1.271	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.32 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	73	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	us2000bigs	Id of event.
Event Code	2000bigs	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000bigs,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

70.5436° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

34.2602° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

73.72 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

20km SSE of Jalalabad, Afghanistan

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

Time

2017-11-04 16:34:08

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-11-04 16:52:11

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

4.2

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

327

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

1.271

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

Root Mean Square

1.32 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

us2000bigs

Id of event.

Event Code

2000bigs

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

Event IDS

,us2000bigs,

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

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