A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Musa Khel Bazar in Pakistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:25:26 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jl8e. Unique identifier: us1000jl8e. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/03/19 / 2019-03-25 11:25:26 / March 25, 2019 @ 11:25 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.0575 East, latitude 30.9732 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dāira Dīn Panāh, Karor, Kot Sultan. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Leiah (c. 79 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Zhob (c. 50 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Taunsa (c. 44 900 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Karor (c. 25 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Dāira Dīn Panāh (c. 14 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Kot Sultan (c. 10 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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.
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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. 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: 25 km ENE of Musa Khel Bazar, Pakistan.
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