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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Rajanpur in Pakistan


Earthquake location 29.3507S, 70.0651WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Rajanpur in Pakistan. 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 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us70008ufr. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008ufr. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.0651 East, latitude 29.3507 North, depth = 10 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:32:54 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 00:32:54 / April 12, 2020 @ 12:32 am.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alīpur, Bārkhān, Jatoi Shimāli. Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Jāmpur (c. 63 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Rājanpur (c. 50 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Jatoi Shimāli (c. 47 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Zāhir Pīr (c. 34 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Alīpur (c. 33 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Dājal (c. 17 600 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. Each 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 37 km NW of Rajanpur, Pakistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.0651° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.3507° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km NW of Rajanpur, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-12 00:32:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-12 00:51:13 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 246 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 5.084 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 202 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 us70008ufr Id of event.
Event Code 70008ufr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008ufr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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