Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Qila Abdullah in Pakistan

Posted by admin on May 13, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 30.6456S, 66.4733WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Qila Abdullah in Pakistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:00:51 / 12:00 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/05/16 / 2016-05-13 07:00:51 / May 13, 2016 @ 7:00 am. Exact location, longitude 66.4733° East, latitude 30.6456° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005h1s. Unique identifier: us10005h1s.

Nearby country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Quetta (c. 733 700 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Chaman (c. 88 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kot Malik (c. 69 400 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Pishin (c. 24 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quetta, Kot Malik, Pishin (min 5000 pop).

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

Questions or comments?

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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km WSW of Qila Abdullah, Pakistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 66.4733° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.6456° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km WSW of Qila Abdullah, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-13 07:00:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-13 08:43:56 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 340 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 4.448 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us10005h1s Id of event.
Event Code 10005h1s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005h1s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information

Information and facts about all earthquakes today. Earthquake news and analysis on current events, Plate Tectonics, Seismometers, quake prediction, environment, Tsunamis, Seismologists, Prediction, live now, videos, information, pictures and much more. Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today.

© 2024 Earthquakes today - Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today