A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Idgah in Pakistan on Monday. The temblor was detected at 19:26:29 / 7:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 14:26:29 / January 27, 2020 @ 2:26 pm. Event id: us60007h9c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007h9c. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 75.2078° East, 35.6993° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Gilgit (c. 10 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gilgit (min 5000 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 eight and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km NE of Idgah, Pakistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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