A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Dir in Pakistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.28 km (40 miles). Unique identifier: us1000331q. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000331q. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/08/15 / 2015-08-18 00:23:50 / August 18, 2015 @ 12:23 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:23:50 / 5:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 64.28 km, 72.065° East, 35.2142° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Mingora (c. 279 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bat Khela (c. 46 100 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Dīr (c. 29 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tāl (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Āsmār (c. 15 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āsmār, Bat Khela, Mingora (min 5000 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km E of Dir, Pakistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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