A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Bela in Pakistan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007u9i. Id of event: us10007u9i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 66.2529 East, latitude 26.6493 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/01/17 / 2017-01-20 03:47:42 / January 20, 2017 @ 3:47 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:47:42 / 8:47 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bela (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Bela (c. 20 100 pop).
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. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 47 km N of Bela, Pakistan.
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