A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Chilas in Pakistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000jdll. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jdll. Exact location of event, depth 43.55 km, 74.0821° East, 35.0903° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.55 km (27 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:38:34 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 13:38:34 / February 5, 2019 @ 1:38 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Bandipura (c. 32 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Gilgit (c. 10 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gilgit, Bandipura.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km S of Chilas, Pakistan.
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