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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Rawalpindi in Pakistan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Rawalpindi in Pakistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.342 km (31 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 73.0929° East, 33.4051° North, depth 49.342 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pe02. Id of event: us7000pe02. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:48:19 / 5:48 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 17:48:19 / February 15, 2025 @ 5:48 pm.

The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Rawalpindi (c. 1 743 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kotli (c. 640 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Islamabad (c. 601 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Jhelum (c. 164 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Mandi Bahāuddīn (c. 129 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Abbottābād (c. 120 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Chakwāl (c. 101 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jand, Mandi Bahāuddīn, Swābi (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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 21 km S of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	73.0929° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.4051° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	49.342 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km S of Rawalpindi, Pakistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-15 17:48:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-15 19:23:23	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	17	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.8	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	348	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	133	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.471	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	42	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	us7000pe02	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pe02	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pe02,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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