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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Landi Kotal in Pakistan


Earthquake location 34.0907S, 70.953WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Landi Kotal in Pakistan on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 04:25:22 / 4:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/09/24 / 2024-09-29 04:25:22 / September 29, 2024 @ 4:25 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nh29. Unique identifier: us7000nh29. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.326 km (31 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.953 East, latitude 34.0907 North, depth = 49.326 km.

Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Peshawar (c. 1 218 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kohāt (c. 151 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Chārsadda (c. 95 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Pabbi (c. 37 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Risālpur, Mehtar Lām, Amangarh (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 17 km W of Landi Kotal, Pakistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.953° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.0907° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.326 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km W of Landi Kotal, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-29 04:25:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-29 04:44:41 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 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.821 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us7000nh29 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nh29 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nh29, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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