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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Nahrīn in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on May 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.1647S, 69.4826WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Nahrīn in Afghanistan on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 145.462 km (90 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:56:31 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 69.4826 East, latitude 36.1647 North, depth = 145.462 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000pzub. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pzub. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/05/25 / 2025-05-17 10:56:31 / May 17, 2025 @ 10:56 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kunduz, Pul-e Khumrī, Baghlān (min 5000 pop).

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

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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 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: 33 km ENE of Nahrīn, Afghanistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.4826° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.1647° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 145.462 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km ENE of Nahrīn, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-17 10:56:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-18 05:08:36 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.67 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 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 us7000pzub Id of event.
Event Code 7000pzub An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pzub, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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