Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Rawalpindi in Pakistan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Rawalpindi in Pakistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/08/20 / 2020-08-28 07:58:51 / August 28, 2020 @ 7:58 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 28.7 km (18 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:58:51 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.7529 East, latitude 33.36 North, depth = 28.7 km. Id of earthquake: us7000be7y. Event ids that are associated: us7000be7y.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Akora, Pind Dādan Khān, Swābi (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Rawalpindi (c. 1 743 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Islamabad (c. 601 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Chakwāl (c. 101 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Swābi (c. 97 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Attock City (c. 85 500 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Gūjar Khān (c. 69 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Harīpur (c. 57 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km SW of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	72.7529° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.36° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	28.7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38 km SW of Rawalpindi, Pakistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-08-28 07:58:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-28 16:32:32	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	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	313	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	0.519	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.04 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	us7000be7y	Id of event.
Event Code	7000be7y	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000be7y,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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