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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 42 km SW of Jalalabad, Afghanistan


Earthquake location 34.1563S, 70.1287WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Jalalabad in Afghanistan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70009ppe. Unique identifier: us70009ppe. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.62 km (26 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/20 / 2020-05-24 22:30:51 / May 24, 2020 @ 10:30 pm. Exact location of event, depth 41.62 km, 70.1287° East, 34.1563° North. The temblor was detected at 03:00:51 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Khōst (c. 96 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Mehtar Lām (c. 17 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (c. 15 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from (c. 12 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bāsawul (c. 6 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khōst, Tagāb, Bāsawul (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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km SW of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.1287° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.1563° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km SW of Jalalabad, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-24 22:30:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-25 03:16:36 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 298 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 0.976 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us70009ppe Id of event.
Event Code 70009ppe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70009ppe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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