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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Jahanian Shah in Pakistan

Posted by admin on January 8, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.7936S, 72.2173WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Jahanian Shah in Pakistan on Sunday. 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). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.2173 East, latitude 31.7936 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us10007rzn. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007rzn. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/17 / 2017-01-08 13:31:26 / January 8, 2017 @ 1:31 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:31:26 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Faisalābād (c. 2 506 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Sargodha (c. 542 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Jhang Sadr (c. 341 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Chiniot (c. 201 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Gojra (c. 139 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Khushāb (c. 102 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bhalwāl (c. 74 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jhumra, Toba Tek Singh, Faisalābād.

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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 5 km WSW of Jahanian Shah, Pakistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 72.2173° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.7936° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km WSW of Jahanian Shah, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-08 13:31:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-08 14:31:44 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 2.052 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us10007rzn Id of event.
Event Code 10007rzn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007rzn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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