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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 71 km WSW of Taunsa, Pakistan


Earthquake location 30.4238S, 69.9749WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Taunsa in Pakistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 69.9749 East, latitude 30.4238 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/11/24 / 2024-11-25 17:15:52 / November 25, 2024 @ 5:15 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000nu34. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nu34. The temblor was reported at 17:15:52 / 5:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kohlu, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bārkhān (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Dera Ghazi Khan (c. 236 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Taunsa (c. 44 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kohlu (c. 11 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bārkhān (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 71 km WSW of Taunsa, Pakistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.9749° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.4238° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 km WSW of Taunsa, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-25 17:15:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-14 14:18:01 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 271 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.141 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 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 us7000nu34 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nu34 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nu34, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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