A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Khuzdar in Pakistan on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 67.2008 East, latitude 27.6848 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dq8d. Unique identifier: us1000dq8d. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/04/18 / 2018-04-22 07:42:16 / April 22, 2018 @ 7:42 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:42:16 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Kambar (c. 77 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Shāhdādkot (c. 75 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from New Bādāh (c. 38 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Mehar (c. 30 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Khairpur Nathan Shāh (c. 30 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Nasīrābād (c. 27 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goth Garelo, New Bādāh, Mīro Khān (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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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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: 55 km E of Khuzdar, Pakistan.
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