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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near P?r?n in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.0215S, 71.1671WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from P?r?n in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.26 km (57 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 71.1671° East, 36.0215° North, depth 91.26 km. The temblor was detected at 04:14:45 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/20 / 2020-06-18 04:14:45 / June 18, 2020 @ 4:14 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000adxl. Id of event: us6000adxl.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Pārūn (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 70 km NNE of P?r?n, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.1671° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0215° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 91.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 km NNE of P?r?n, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-18 04:14:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-18 04:27:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 1.556 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 us6000adxl Id of event.
Event Code 6000adxl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000adxl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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