A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Khuzdar in Pakistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/03/16 / 2016-03-28 16:18:30 / March 28, 2016 @ 4:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.86 km (20 miles). Unique identifier: us20005cws. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005cws. Exact location of event, longitude 66.0687 East, latitude 27.7124 North, depth = 31.86 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:18:30 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Sūrāb (c. 13 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sūrāb (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km W of Khuzdar, Pakistan.
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