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Mag. 4.5 earthquake - southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011, at 02:32 am (Karachi time)

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.2 quake 46 km west of Dalbandin, Balochistan, Pakistan, Jan 19, 2011 01:23 am (Karachi time), which had occurred 1 hour and 9 minutes earlier.

A moderate magnitude 4.5 earthquake hit 48 km (30 mi) away from Dalbandin, Balochistan, Pakistan, in the early morning of Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 at 2.32 am local time (Asia/Karachi GMT +5). The quake had a shallow depth of 64 km (40 mi) .

Mag. 4.5 earthquake - southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011, at 02:32 am (Karachi time)

Moderate magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 64 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 18, 2011 21:32:29 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011, at 02:32 am (Asia/Karachi GMT +5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.5
Depth	64 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	28.709°N / 63.956°E Chāgai, Balochistan, Pakistan Also near: Afghanistan 79 km (49 mi) away
Seismic antipode	28.709°S / 116.044°W
Shaking intensity	III Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Sultan (121 km / 75 mi)
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	3.5 x 10¹¹ joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Nearby places

The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Dalbandin, a town with 15,000 inhabitants in Pakistan, in 48 km (30 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there.
The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.

Distance	Place	Max. shaking intensity(*)	Region	Country
48 km (30 mi) NE of epicenter	Dalbandin (pop: 14,600)	III: Weak	Chāgai, Balochistan	Pakistan
143 km (89 mi) E of epicenter	Kharan (pop: 30,800)	II: Very weak	Kharan, Balochistan	Pakistan
222 km (138 mi) NE of epicenter	Nushki (pop: 27,700)	II: Very weak	Balochistan	Pakistan
259 km (161 mi) E of epicenter	Kalat (pop: 26,700)	II: Very weak	Kalāt, Balochistan	Pakistan
273 km (170 mi) W of epicenter	Khāsh (pop: 69,600)	II: Very weak	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran
279 km (173 mi) E of epicenter	Khuzdar (pop: 141,200)	II: Very weak	Khuzdār, Balochistan	Pakistan
338 km (210 mi) NE of epicenter	Quetta (pop: 733,700)	I: Not felt	Balochistan	Pakistan
344 km (214 mi) NE of epicenter	Caman (pop: 88,600)	I: Not felt	Qila Abdullāh, Balochistan	Pakistan
351 km (218 mi) NW of epicenter	Zabol (pop: 122,000)	I: Not felt	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran
361 km (224 mi) SE of epicenter	Bela (pop: 20,100)	I: Not felt	Balochistan	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 2011-01-18	Epicenter	Agency
4.5	64 km 40 mi	21:32:29	southwestern Pakistan	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
4.9	80 km 50 mi	21:32:30	Southwestern Pakistan 4.3 km (2.7 mi) epicenter difference with USGS	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)

Seismograms

Seismic station: Univ. of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UOSS/II network) | Distance from quake: 875 km / 544 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Univ. of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates: 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: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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