A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Shinpokh in Pakistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 70.9806° East, 34.4885° North, depth 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g33m. Unique identifier: us1000g33m. The temblor was reported at 03:39:23 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 23:09:23 / August 3, 2018 @ 11:09 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Utmānzai, Chārsadda, Peshawar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Peshawar (c. 1 218 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Chārsadda (c. 95 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Tangi (c. 29 400 pop).
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 have been detected nearby. 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.
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