A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Chaman in Pakistan on Thursday. Global time and date of event 28/08/19 / 2019-08-28 19:35:00 / August 28, 2019 @ 7:35 pm UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:05:00 / 12:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 66.6859 East, latitude 31.2526 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us700059ab. Event ids that are associated: us700059ab. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pishin, Chaman. Country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Chaman (c. 88 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Pishin (c. 24 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one 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: 42 km NNE of Chaman, Pakistan.
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