A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan. Global time and date of event 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 13:41:30 / December 2, 2018 @ 1:41 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000i0h5. Event ids that are associated: us1000i0h5. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.88 km (13 miles). Exact location, longitude 70.3816° East, latitude 30.0593° North, depth = 20.88 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:41:30 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alīpur, Shujāābād, Bārkhān (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Dera Ghazi Khan (c. 236 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Muzaffargarh (c. 165 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kot Addu (c. 104 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Shujāābād (c. 66 000 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Jāmpur (c. 63 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Jatoi Shimāli (c. 47 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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