Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Taloqan in Afghanistan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Taloqan in Afghanistan. Exact location, longitude 69.5903° East, latitude 36.69° North, depth = 275.76 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cixs. Id of event: us2000cixs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/12/17 / 2017-12-29 00:06:02 / December 29, 2017 @ 12:06 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 275.76 km (171 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:36:02 / 4:36 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Farkhor (c. 21 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhor, Yangī Qal‘ah, Nahrīn (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-nine 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 7 km SE of Taloqan, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	69.5903° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.69° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	275.76 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km SE of Taloqan, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-12-29 00:06:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-01-13 04:35:46	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	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	0.901	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	59	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	us2000cixs	Id of event.
Event Code	2000cixs	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000cixs,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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