A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Pasni in Pakistan. Exact location of event, longitude 63.1463 East, latitude 25.0736 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:58:08 / 12:58 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/05/18 / 2018-05-03 07:58:08 / May 3, 2018 @ 7:58 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000dwih. Event ids that are associated: us1000dwih.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Gwadar (c. 51 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Pasni (c. 33 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gwadar, Pasni.
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 38 km WSW of Pasni, Pakistan.
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