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Mag. 4.3 earthquake - 52 km west of Jhang Sadr, Punjab, Pakistan, on Friday, May 7, 2021 04:39 pm (Karachi time)

Moderate magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 10 km depth

7 May 11:47 UTC: First to report: NCS after 8 minutes.

Update Fri, 7 May 2021, 11:51

Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.3 just reported 52 km west of Jhang Sadr, Pakistan

4.3 quake 7 May 4:39 pm (GMT +5)

Just 12 minutes ago, a 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Jhang Sadr, Jhang District, Punjab, Pakistan. The tremor was recorded in the afternoon on Friday 7 May 2021 at 4:39 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface.
The event was filed by India's National Center for Seismology (NCS), the first seismological agency to report it.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Mankera (pop. 10,800) located 37 km from the epicenter, and Garh Maharaja (pop. 29,200) 44 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Jhang Sadr (pop. 341,200) located 52 km from the epicenter, Chak Two Hundred Forty-nine Thal Development Authority (pop. 18,100) 55 km away, Ahmadpur Sial (pop. 24,900) 60 km away, Toba Tek Singh (pop. 69,100) 72 km away, and Gojra (pop. 139,700) 86 km away.
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Earthquake details

Date & time	May 7, 2021 11:39:24 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Friday, May 7, 2021 04:39 pm (Asia/Karachi GMT +5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.3
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	31.2132°N / 71.7775°E Bhakkar, Punjab, Pakistan
Antipode	31.2132°S / 108.223°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	2 reports
Primary data source	NCS (National Center for Seismology)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Few Clouds 37.3°C (99 F), humidity: 17%, wind: 4 m/s (8 kts) from NW
Estimated seismic energy released	1.8 x 10¹¹ joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Nearby places

Distance	Place	Max. shaking intensity(*)	Region	Country
37 km (23 mi) WNW of epicenter	Mankera (pop: 10,800)	III Weak	Bhakkar, Punjab	Pakistan
44 km (27 mi) SSE of epicenter	Garh Maharaja (pop: 29,200)	III Weak	Jhang, Punjab	Pakistan
52 km (32 mi) E of epicenter	Jhang Sadr (pop: 341,200)	III Weak	Jhang, Punjab	Pakistan
55 km (34 mi) W of epicenter	Fatehpur (pop: 18,100)	III Weak	Layyah District, Punjab	Pakistan
60 km (37 mi) S of epicenter	Ahmadpur Sial (pop: 24,900)	III Weak	Jhang, Punjab	Pakistan
72 km (45 mi) ESE of epicenter	Toba Tek Singh (pop: 69,100)	III Weak	Punjab	Pakistan
86 km (54 mi) E of epicenter	Gojra (pop: 139,700)	III Weak	Toba Tek Singh, Punjab	Pakistan
127 km (79 mi) E of epicenter	Faisalabad (pop: 2,506,600)	II Very weak	Faisalābād District, Punjab	Pakistan
247 km (154 mi) E of epicenter	Lahore (pop: 6,310,900)	II Very weak	Punjab	Pakistan
303 km (188 mi) NNE of epicenter	Islamabad (pop: 601,600)	I Not felt	Islamabad	Pakistan

Notes:
(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.

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Mag	Depth	Time GMT	Epicenter	Agency
4.3	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2021-05-7 11:39:24	297km W of Amritsar, Punjab, India, Pakistan	NCS (National Center for Seismology)

Notes:
(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could not determined with sufficient accuracy.

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Seismic station: Kabul, Afghanistan (KBL/IU network) | Distance from quake: 450 km / 279 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Kabul, Afghanistan: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User-reports for this quake (2)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

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Lahore / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / very short

Bhakkar (81.5 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / vertical swinging (up and down) / 5-10 s (reported through our app)

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