A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Chitral in Pakistan on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000j092. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j092. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:11:20 / 3:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 71.7585° East, latitude 36.0539° North, depth = 117.31 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.31 km (73 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 10:11:20 / January 4, 2019 @ 10:11 am.
The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Dīr (c. 29 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tāl (c. 29 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dīr, Tāl, Ishqoshim. Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 23 km N of Chitral, Pakistan.
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