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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Bannu in Pakistan


Earthquake location 33.2229S, 70.4568WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Bannu in Pakistan. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:23:29 / 8:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/05/18 / 2018-05-09 03:23:29 / May 9, 2018 @ 3:23 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 40.86 km (25 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 70.4568° East, 33.2229° North, depth 40.86 km. Event id: us1000e15a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e15a.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn, Kohāt, Kamar Mushāni. The epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Kohāt (c. 151 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Khōst (c. 96 100 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Bannu (c. 49 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Lakki Marwat (c. 36 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hangu (c. 36 200 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Sarāi Naurang (c. 19 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Lāchi (c. 18 500 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 29 km NNW of Bannu, Pakistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.4568° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.2229° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km NNW of Bannu, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-09 03:23:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-09 03:42:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 403 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 1.763 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000e15a Id of event.
Event Code 1000e15a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e15a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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