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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Turbat in Pakistan


Earthquake location 26.1798S, 62.7519WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Turbat in Pakistan. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/09/17 / 2017-09-23 15:54:02 / September 23, 2017 @ 3:54 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000atm1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000atm1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.69 km (28 miles). Exact location of event, depth 45.69 km, 62.7519° East, 26.1798° North. The temblor was reported at 20:54:02 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Turbat (c. 75 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Turbat (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km NW of Turbat, Pakistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 62.7519° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.1798° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km NW of Turbat, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-23 15:54:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-23 18:41:03 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 6.039 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 199 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 us2000atm1 Id of event.
Event Code 2000atm1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000atm1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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