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Earthquake: M 4.2 quake strikes near Baffa in Pakistan


Earthquake location 34.5936S, 73.3801WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (mg/mb) was reported Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Baffa in Pakistan. The temblor was reported at 06:04:38 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 32.59 km (20 miles). Global time of event 27/02/15 / 2015-02-27 01:04:38 / February 27, 2015 @ 1:04 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 73.3801 East, latitude 34.5936 North, depth 32.59 km, unique identifier, usc000tti0.

Close countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Muzaffarābād (c. 725 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Abbottābād (c. 120 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Mānsehra (c. 66 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Harīpur (c. 57 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Rāwala Kot (c. 50 000 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Topi, Rāwala Kot, Uri.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 73.3801° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.5936° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km NE of Baffa, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-27 01:04:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-03-14 00:01:22 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 271 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 0.945 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 usc000tti0 Id of event.
Event Code c000tti0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,usc000tti0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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