Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Jurm in Afghanistan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Saturday. Unique identifier: us7000d0pq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000d0pq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 191.67 km (119 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:02:45 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 70.738° East, latitude 36.529° North, depth = 191.67 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/21 / 2021-01-16 20:02:45 / January 16, 2021 @ 8:02 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 110 km (68 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taloqan, Rustāq, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.738° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.529° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	191.67 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-01-16 20:02:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-01-16 20:21:06	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	465	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	2.417	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.93 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	20	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000d0pq	Id of event.
Event Code	7000d0pq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000d0pq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

70.738° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

36.529° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

191.67 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

38 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2021-01-16 20:02:45

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2021-01-16 20:21:06

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

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

465

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

2.417

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.93 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us7000d0pq

Id of event.

Event Code

7000d0pq

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us7000d0pq,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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