A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported southwestern Pakistan kilometers (0 miles) from southwestern Pakistan on Friday. Global time and date of event 15/05/20 / 2020-05-15 12:52:46 / May 15, 2020 @ 12:52 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70009gmw. Unique identifier: us70009gmw. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 62.2838 East, latitude 25.9883 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:52:46 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Turbat (c. 75 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Gwadar (c. 51 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gwadar, Turbat. Country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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