A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Surab in Pakistan. Exact location of event, depth 26.71 km, 66.4735° East, 28.1706° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:36:06 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.71 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/08/17 / 2017-08-13 08:36:06 / August 13, 2017 @ 8:36 am. Id of earthquake: us2000a7rx. Event ids that are associated: us2000a7rx.
Country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Sūrāb (c. 13 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sūrāb (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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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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: 41 km SSE of Surab, Pakistan.
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