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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 17 km E of Dir, Pakistan


Earthquake location 35.2142S, 72.065WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Dir in Pakistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.28 km (40 miles). Unique identifier: us1000331q. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000331q. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/08/15 / 2015-08-18 00:23:50 / August 18, 2015 @ 12:23 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:23:50 / 5:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 64.28 km, 72.065° East, 35.2142° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Mingora (c. 279 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bat Khela (c. 46 100 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Dīr (c. 29 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tāl (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Āsmār (c. 15 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āsmār, Bat Khela, Mingora (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km E of Dir, Pakistan. This information 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 72.065° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.2142° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km E of Dir, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-18 00:23:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-18 00:42:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 1.85 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us1000331q Id of event.
Event Code 1000331q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000331q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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