A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Uthal in Pakistan on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 67.1932° East, latitude 25.8377° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h6el. Id of event: us1000h6el. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:39:38 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/10/18 / 2018-10-03 17:39:38 / October 3, 2018 @ 5:39 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Sehwān (c. 41 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Uthal (c. 16 500 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Gadāni (c. 13 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sehwān, Gadāni, Uthal (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km E of Uthal, Pakistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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