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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Mehmand Chak in Pakistan

Posted by admin on December 5, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.798S, 73.7417WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Mehmand Chak in Pakistan. Global time and date of event 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 06:21:22 / December 5, 2024 @ 6:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 73.7417 East, latitude 32.798 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 06:21:22 / 6:21 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000nw1v. Event ids that are associated: us7000nw1v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Gujrānwāla (c. 1 384 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kotli (c. 640 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Sialkot (c. 477 400 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Jammu (c. 465 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Bhimbar (c. 342 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Gujrāt (c. 301 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Kamoke (c. 199 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kāmra, Bishnāh, Riāsi.

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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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: 7 km W of Mehmand Chak, Pakistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 73.7417° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.798° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km W of Mehmand Chak, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-05 06:21:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-05 06:36:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 416 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 135 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.206 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 34 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 us7000nw1v Id of event.
Event Code 7000nw1v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nw1v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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