A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Chaman in Pakistan. Exact location, longitude 66.4656° East, latitude 30.9067° North, depth = 23.77 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:33:55 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100062gd. Unique identifier: us100062gd. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/16 / 2016-07-10 21:33:55 / July 10, 2016 @ 9:33 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.77 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Quetta (c. 733 700 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from Chaman (c. 88 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kot Malik (c. 69 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Pishin (c. 24 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quetta, Kot Malik, Pishin (min 5000 pop). 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km SE of Chaman, Pakistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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