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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan

Posted by admin on July 5, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 30.0565S, 70.3179WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan on Friday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:50:39 / 1:50 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005ywq. Unique identifier: us10005ywq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.3179 East, latitude 30.0565 North, depth = 24.63 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/06/16 / 2016-06-30 20:50:39 / June 30, 2016 @ 8:50 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.63 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Dera Ghazi Khan (c. 236 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Muzaffargarh (c. 165 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kot Addu (c. 104 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Shujāābād (c. 66 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Jāmpur (c. 63 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Jatoi Shimāli (c. 47 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Taunsa (c. 44 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shujāābād, Alīpur, Shahr Sultān (min 5000 pop).

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. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 30 km W of Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.3179° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.0565° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.63 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30km W of Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-30 20:50:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-05 22:02:21 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 326 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 4.599 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us10005ywq Id of event.
Event Code 10005ywq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005ywq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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