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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Bāzārak in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 35.3577S, 69.595WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Bāzārak in Afghanistan on Saturday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:31:40 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000b7v0. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000b7v0. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/08/20 / 2020-08-01 06:31:40 / August 1, 2020 @ 6:31 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 69.595° East, 35.3577° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 9 km (5 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Charikar (c. 53 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Mehtar Lām (c. 17 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Jabal os Saraj (c. 15 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Sidqābād (c. 7 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tagāb (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mehtar Lām, Nahrīn, .

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 8 km NE of Bāzārak, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.595° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.3577° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km NE of Bāzārak, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-01 06:31:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-01 06:52:42 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 312 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 0.932 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us6000b7v0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000b7v0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b7v0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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