A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Turbat in Pakistan. Exact location of event, depth 46.97 km, 62.1324° East, 26.1566° North. The temblor was picked up at 12:04:48 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10005gjz. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005gjz. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/05/16 / 2016-05-03 07:04:48 / May 3, 2016 @ 7:04 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.97 km (29 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Turbat (c. 75 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Turbat (min 5000 pop). Close 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 92 km W of Turbat, Pakistan.
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