A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Harnai in Pakistan. The temblor was detected at 22:29:46 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70003k36. Event ids that are associated: us70003k36. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 67.9539° East, 29.969° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/05/19 / 2019-05-12 17:29:46 / May 12, 2019 @ 5:29 pm.
The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Quetta (c. 733 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Sibi (c. 64 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Loralai (c. 37 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Mach (c. 16 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Dādhar (c. 15 100 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Harnai (c. 11 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quetta, Khadan Khāk, Loralai. Close country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 14 km S of Harnai, Pakistan.
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