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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Jurm in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4945S, 70.4695WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 70.4695° East, 36.4945° North, depth 205.81 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 205.81 km (128 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000alt3. Unique identifier: us7000alt3. The temblor was detected at 04:57:35 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/07/20 / 2020-07-11 04:57:35 / July 11, 2020 @ 4:57 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km SW of Jurm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.4695° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4945° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 205.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km SW 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 2020-07-11 04:57:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-11 05:25:22 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 259 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 1.405 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us7000alt3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000alt3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000alt3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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