A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Miram Shah in Pakistan. Exact location, longitude 69.9043° East, latitude 32.9846° North, depth = 46.5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.5 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/12/15 / 2015-12-28 03:30:31 / December 28, 2015 @ 3:30 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004a0z. Id of event: us10004a0z. The temblor was detected at 08:30:31 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Doāba, Sarāi Naurang, Bannu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). The epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Khōst (c. 96 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Bannu (c. 49 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sarāi Naurang (c. 19 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Doāba (c. 8 900 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km W of Miram Shah, Pakistan.
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