Mag. 4.8 earthquake - 61 km west of Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ghāzi Khān, Punjab, Pakistan, on Wednesday, 12 December 2018 at 18:41 (GMT)
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Light magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 10 km depth
12 Dec 18:50 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 9 minutes.
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 29.91°N / 70.03°E
(Dera Ghāzi Khān, Punjab, Pakistan)Nearby towns and cities:
49 km (30 mi) E of Barkhan (Balochistan) (pop: 8,760) --> See nearby quakes!
52 km (32 mi) NW of Dajal (Rajanpur) (pop: 17,600) --> See nearby quakes!
61 km (38 mi) WSW of Dera Ghazi Khan (pop: 236,100) --> See nearby quakes!
62 km (39 mi) WNW of Jampur (pop: 63,800) --> See nearby quakes!
90 km (56 mi) WNW of Jatoi Shimali (pop: 47,100) --> See nearby quakes!
94 km (59 mi) NNW of Rajanpur (pop: 50,700) --> See nearby quakes!
109 km (68 mi) SW of Kot Addu (pop: 104,200) --> See nearby quakes!
114 km (71 mi) W of Muzaffargarh (pop: 165,200) --> See nearby quakes!
337 km (210 mi) WSW of Faisalabad (pop: 2,506,600) --> See nearby quakes!
452 km (281 mi) WSW of Lahore (pop: 6,310,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 4.8 | 10 km | Pakistan | GFZ |
| M 4.7 | 10 km | PAKISTAN | EMSC |
| M 4.7 | 10 km | - 35km ENE of Barkhan, Pakistan | USGS |
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Dera Ghāzi Khān (Pakistan, 72 km E of epicenter) : I was laying in bed suddenly i felt little bit vibration in my bed, that was the first shock, then i looked at the cieling fan(that was switched off), i was watching that fan and observing whether it is real earthquack or just some kind of fear, again after 2 to 3 second i felt more vibrations(this time it was with more intensity). Also fan was moving like pendolum... (reported through EMSC)
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Mag. 4.8 earthquake - 61 km west of Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ghāzi Khān, Punjab, Pakistan, on Wednesday, 12 December 2018 at 18:41 (GMT)
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