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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Musa Khel Bazar in Pakistan


Earthquake location 30.9938S, 69.7525WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Musa Khel Bazar in Pakistan on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 69.7525 East, latitude 30.9938 North, depth = 28.45 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.45 km (18 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:53:15 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/01/17 / 2017-01-12 00:53:15 / January 12, 2017 @ 12:53 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007sqa. Unique identifier: us10007sqa.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Zhob (c. 50 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Taunsa (c. 44 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taunsa, Zhob.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km NNW of Musa Khel Bazar, Pakistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.7525° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.9938° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km NNW of Musa Khel Bazar, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-12 00:53:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-12 01:35:36 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 284 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 3.984 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 us10007sqa Id of event.
Event Code 10007sqa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007sqa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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