A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Bagh in Pakistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:51:23 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000bw6p. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bw6p. Exact location, longitude 73.7628° East, latitude 34.2193° North, depth = 26.89 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/17 / 2017-12-25 23:51:23 / December 25, 2017 @ 11:51 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.89 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soyībug, Islamabad, Bandipura (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Muzaffarābād (c. 725 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kotli (c. 640 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Islamabad (c. 601 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Abbottābād (c. 120 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Soyībug (c. 104 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Bāramūla (c. 77 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 26 km N of Bagh, Pakistan.
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