Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Taloqan in Afghanistan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Taloqan in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 69.5579 East, latitude 36.5415 North, depth = 182.7 km. Unique identifier: us2000gc7e. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000gc7e. The epicenter was at a depth of 182.7 km (114 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:03:25 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 23:33:25 / July 23, 2018 @ 11:33 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baghlān, Panj (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km S of Taloqan, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	69.5579° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.5415° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	182.7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21km S 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	2018-07-23 23:33:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-23 23:47:51	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	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	1.003	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.02 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	61	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	us2000gc7e	Id of event.
Event Code	2000gc7e	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000gc7e,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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