A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Kalat in Pakistan on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 05:13:19 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10006iwz. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006iwz. Exact location of earthquake, 66.5572° East, 29.3922° North, depth 19.16 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/16 / 2016-08-31 00:13:19 / August 31, 2016 @ 12:13 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.16 km (12 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Mastung (c. 29 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Nushki (c. 27 700 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Kalāt (c. 26 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Mach (c. 16 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mach, Nushki, Mastung (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 41 km N of Kalat, Pakistan.
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