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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 92 km W of Turbat, Pakistan


Earthquake location 26.1566S, 62.1324WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Turbat in Pakistan. Exact location of event, depth 46.97 km, 62.1324° East, 26.1566° North. The temblor was picked up at 12:04:48 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10005gjz. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005gjz. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/05/16 / 2016-05-03 07:04:48 / May 3, 2016 @ 7:04 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.97 km (29 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Turbat (c. 75 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Turbat (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 92 km W of Turbat, Pakistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 62.1324° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.1566° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km W of Turbat, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-03 07:04:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-14 12:29:31 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 298 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 5.488 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us10005gjz Id of event.
Event Code 10005gjz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005gjz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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