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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Kohat in Pakistan

Posted by admin on December 18, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 33.5743S, 71.6164WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kohat in Pakistan on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us60006t6q. Unique identifier: us60006t6q. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.25 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:09:17 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/19 / 2019-12-18 14:09:17 / December 18, 2019 @ 2:09 pm. Exact location, longitude 71.6164° East, latitude 33.5743° North, depth = 45.25 km.

The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Peshawar (c. 1 218 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mardan (c. 300 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Kohāt (c. 151 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Nowshera Cantonment (c. 96 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Chārsadda (c. 95 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Attock City (c. 85 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zaida, Hazro, Kamar Mushāni (min 5000 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 15 km E of Kohat, Pakistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.6164° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.5743° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km E of Kohat, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-18 14:09:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-18 16:28:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 1.38 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us60006t6q Id of event.
Event Code 60006t6q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006t6q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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