A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Bela in Pakistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 66.2263 East, latitude 26.5737 North, depth = 21.7 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/07/17 / 2017-07-23 11:07:08 / July 23, 2017 @ 11:07 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000a1sy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a1sy. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:07:08 / 4:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.7 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Bela (c. 20 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bela (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km NNW of Bela, Pakistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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