Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Saidu Sharif in Pakistan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Saidu Sharif in Pakistan. Event id: us600041e0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600041e0. Exact location of event, depth 40.97 km, 72.2758° East, 34.6428° North. The temblor was reported at 17:39:11 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.97 km (25 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/06/19 / 2019-06-16 12:39:11 / June 16, 2019 @ 12:39 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Peshawar (c. 1 218 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Mardan (c. 300 400 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Mingora (c. 279 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Swābi (c. 97 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Nowshera Cantonment (c. 96 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Chārsadda (c. 95 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Attock City (c. 85 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Attock City, Peshawar, Āsmār (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 13 km SSW of Saidu Sharif, Pakistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	72.2758° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.6428° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	40.97 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km SSW of Saidu Sharif, Pakistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-06-16 12:39:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-06-19 05:40:23	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	326	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	1.287	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.75 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	83	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	us600041e0	Id of event.
Event Code	600041e0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us600041e0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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