A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Gwadar in Pakistan. The temblor was detected at 09:15:11 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/19 / 2019-12-04 04:15:11 / December 4, 2019 @ 4:15 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us60006lv0. Unique identifier: us60006lv0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 62.8314 East, latitude 25.1064 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Gwadar (c. 51 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Pasni (c. 33 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pasni, Gwadar (min 5000 pop). 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 51 km E of Gwadar, Pakistan.
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