A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Bela in Pakistan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60007a4g. Event ids that are associated: us60007a4g. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 66.5014° East, 26.1963° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:38:10 / 9:38 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 16:38:10 / January 18, 2020 @ 4:38 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Uthal, Bela (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Bela (c. 20 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Uthal (c. 16 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 was reported nearby.
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