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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 31 km W of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.0455S, 70.4209WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 03:50:30 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/04/20 / 2020-04-02 23:20:30 / April 2, 2020 @ 11:20 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.05 km (77 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.4209 East, latitude 36.0455 North, depth = 124.05 km. Id of earthquake: us70008m4u. Event ids that are associated: us70008m4u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pārūn, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).

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 one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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: 31 km W of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.4209° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0455° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 124.05 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km 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 2020-04-02 23:20:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-02 23:35:00 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 1.877 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us70008m4u Id of event.
Event Code 70008m4u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008m4u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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