A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Taunsa in Pakistan on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/04/19 / 2019-04-05 02:20:18 / April 5, 2019 @ 2:20 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:20:18 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000kakr. Unique identifier: us2000kakr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 70.2686° East, 30.8048° North.
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Dera Ghazi Khan (c. 236 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kot Addu (c. 104 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Leiah (c. 79 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Taunsa (c. 44 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Karor (c. 25 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Dāira Dīn Panāh (c. 14 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kot Sultan (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dera Ghazi Khan, Karor, Kot Addu. Nearby country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 38 km WNW of Taunsa, Pakistan.
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