A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Barishal in Pakistan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/07/24 / 2024-07-04 22:19:07 / July 4, 2024 @ 10:19 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:19:07 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.553 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 74.5402° East, latitude 36.2654° North, depth = 51.553 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mx56. Event ids that are associated: us7000mx56.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gilgit. Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Gilgit (c. 10 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km WSW of Barishal, Pakistan.
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