A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Harnai in Pakistan on Monday. Unique identifier: us2000iud2. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000iud2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 12:12:39 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/18 / 2018-12-17 07:12:39 / December 17, 2018 @ 7:12 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 67.7155 East, latitude 29.9959 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (44 miles) from Quetta (c. 733 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kot Malik (c. 69 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Sibi (c. 64 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Loralai (c. 37 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mastung (c. 29 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Pishin (c. 24 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mach (c. 16 900 pop). Close country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pishin, Loralai, Mastung (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km WSW of Harnai, Pakistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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