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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Jarm in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4581S, 70.6489WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 207.97 km (129 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 70.6489 East, latitude 36.4581 North, depth = 207.97 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:28:10 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 17:58:10 / December 21, 2017 @ 5:58 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000buka. Event ids that are associated: us1000buka.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (46 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.6489° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4581° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 207.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km SSW 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 2017-12-21 17:58:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-21 21:08:37 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 259 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 0.668 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 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 us1000buka Id of event.
Event Code 1000buka An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000buka, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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