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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 41 km WNW of Jamshoro, Pakistan


Earthquake location 25.5872S, 67.9106WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Jamshoro in Pakistan. Exact location of earthquake, 67.9106° East, 25.5872° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/19 / 2019-08-12 13:36:58 / August 12, 2019 @ 1:36 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:36:58 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60005403. Event ids that are associated: us60005403.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mātli, Chambar, Sehwān. Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Hyderabad (c. 1 386 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Nawābshāh (c. 229 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tando Allāhyār (c. 127 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tando Ādam (c. 125 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Kotri (c. 72 700 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Tando Muhammad Khān (c. 72 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Shāhdādpur (c. 67 200 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km WNW of Jamshoro, Pakistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 67.9106° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.5872° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41km WNW of Jamshoro, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-12 13:36:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-12 13:57:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 312 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 9.287 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us60005403 Id of event.
Event Code 60005403 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60005403, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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