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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan


Earthquake location 30.1324S, 70.2444WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.31 km (16 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:02:52 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000c7hh. Event ids that are associated: us6000c7hh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 70.2444° East, latitude 30.1324° North, depth = 26.31 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/10/20 / 2020-10-11 06:02:52 / October 11, 2020 @ 6:02 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Dera Ghazi Khan (c. 236 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Muzaffargarh (c. 165 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kot Addu (c. 104 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Jāmpur (c. 63 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Jatoi Shimāli (c. 47 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Taunsa (c. 44 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khāngarh, Muzaffargarh, Jatoi Shimāli.

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km WNW of Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.2444° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.1324° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km WNW of Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-11 06:02:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-11 06:48:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 259 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 4.349 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us6000c7hh Id of event.
Event Code 6000c7hh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c7hh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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