A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Rajanpur in Pakistan on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000g46i. Unique identifier: us2000g46i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.38 km (11 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/07/18 / 2018-07-10 13:53:30 / July 10, 2018 @ 1:53 pm. Exact location of event, depth 17.38 km, 69.9632° East, 29.3546° North. The temblor was reported at 18:53:30 / 6:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Jāmpur (c. 63 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Rājanpur (c. 50 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Jatoi Shimāli (c. 47 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Zāhir Pīr (c. 34 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Alīpur (c. 33 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Dera Bugti (c. 18 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alīpur, Kohlu, Jatoi Shimāli (min 5000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 44 km NW of Rajanpur, Pakistan.
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