A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Idgah in Pakistan. The temblor was detected at 00:20:16 / 12:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 74.5691° East, 35.5742° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/19 / 2019-12-30 19:20:16 / December 30, 2019 @ 7:20 pm. Unique identifier: us70006sly. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006sly. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Gilgit (c. 10 400 pop). Close country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gilgit.
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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km NW of Idgah, Pakistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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