A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Kot Malik in Pakistan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f3fl. Id of event: us1000f3fl. Exact location, longitude 66.495° East, latitude 30.2244° North, depth = 25.58 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.58 km (16 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:53:37 / 9:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 16:53:37 / June 27, 2018 @ 4:53 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Quetta (c. 733 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Chaman (c. 88 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kot Malik (c. 69 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Mastung (c. 29 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Nushki (c. 27 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Pishin (c. 24 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mach, Nushki, Chaman.
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 48 km W of Kot Malik, Pakistan.
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