A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 93 km NNE of Awaran, Pakistan (58 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/09/16 / 2016-09-27 15:55:45 / September 27, 2016 @ 3:55 pm. Exact location, longitude 65.5972° East, latitude 27.2357° North, depth = 25.9 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006t7m. Unique identifier: us10006t7m. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.9 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:55:45 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 93 km NNE of Awaran, Pakistan.
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