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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.0641S, 70.1717WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. Exact location, longitude 70.1717° East, latitude 36.0641° North, depth = 112.13 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/18 / 2018-12-09 14:58:19 / December 9, 2018 @ 2:58 pm. Event id: us1000i5bz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000i5bz. The epicenter was at a depth of 112.13 km (70 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:28:19 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nahrīn, Farkhār (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 54 km W of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.1717° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0641° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 112.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km W of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-09 14:58:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-09 15:28:26 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 1.778 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 98 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 us1000i5bz Id of event.
Event Code 1000i5bz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000i5bz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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