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Light earthquake 4 mag, 16 km W of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.6957S, 71.351WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:09:30 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000ckih. Event ids that are associated: us7000ckih. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 181.34 km (113 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/11/20 / 2020-11-28 00:09:30 / November 28, 2020 @ 12:09 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.351 East, latitude 36.6957 North, depth = 181.34 km.

Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh, Fayzabad, Jurm (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km W of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.351° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6957° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 181.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km W of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-28 00:09:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-28 00:23:45 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 246 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 2.806 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us7000ckih Id of event.
Event Code 7000ckih An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ckih, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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