Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Barishal in Pakistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Barishal in Pakistan on Thursday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:09:35 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 74.1142 East, latitude 36.574 North, depth = 69.77 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 69.77 km (43 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000cmi1. Unique identifier: us7000cmi1. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/20 / 2020-12-03 08:09:35 / December 3, 2020 @ 8:09 am.

The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Gilgit (c. 10 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gilgit (min 5000 pop).

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 six 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.

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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 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: 59 km WNW of Barishal, Pakistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	74.1142° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.574° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	69.77 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	59 km WNW of Barishal, Pakistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-12-03 08:09:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-09 12:24:24	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	284	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	2.997	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	70	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	us7000cmi1	Id of event.
Event Code	7000cmi1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000cmi1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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