A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Pasni in Pakistan on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 63.1313° East, 25.5036° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us70006ulm. Event ids that are associated: us70006ulm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/01/20 / 2020-01-04 08:24:38 / January 4, 2020 @ 8:24 am. The temblor was detected at 13:24:38 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Turbat (c. 75 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Gwadar (c. 51 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Pasni (c. 33 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gwadar, Turbat, Pasni (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
Did you feel anything?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km NW of Pasni, Pakistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply