A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 73 km SW of Khuzdar, Pakistan (45 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 23:19:34 / August 5, 2015 @ 11:19 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 66.0355° East, latitude 27.3569° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us10002yfb. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002yfb. The temblor was reported at 04:19:34 / 4:19 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 73 km SW of Khuzdar, Pakistan.
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