A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Barkhan in Pakistan. Exact location of event, longitude 69.9278 East, latitude 30.3205 North, depth = 17.08 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:33:27 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/15 / 2015-09-29 16:33:27 / September 29, 2015 @ 4:33 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 17.08 km (11 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003iwf. Unique identifier: us10003iwf.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dājal, Taunsa, Kohlu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Dera Ghazi Khan (c. 236 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Taunsa (c. 44 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Dājal (c. 17 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kohlu (c. 11 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bārkhān (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 60 km NE of Barkhan, Pakistan.
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