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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Farkhar in Afghanistan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. The temblor was reported at 01:12:11 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us60007f1n. Event ids that are associated: us60007f1n. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 145.94 km (91 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 69.7977 East, latitude 36.3242 North, depth = 145.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 20:42:11 / January 24, 2020 @ 8:42 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ārt Khwājah, Rustāq, Khanabad (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km S of Farkhar, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	69.7977° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.3242° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	145.94 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28km S of Farkhar, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-24 20:42:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-25 00:45:31	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	284	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	1.823	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.69 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	62	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	us60007f1n	Id of event.
Event Code	60007f1n	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60007f1n,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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