A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Pasni in Pakistan. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 63.0468 East, latitude 24.6961 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000g344. Event ids that are associated: us1000g344. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:24:04 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 23:24:04 / August 3, 2018 @ 11:24 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gwadar, Pasni (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Gwadar (c. 51 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pasni (c. 33 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km SW of Pasni, Pakistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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