A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Dasu in Pakistan. Exact location, longitude 73.6051° East, latitude 35.6473° North, depth = 60.76 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:02:24 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10006mh6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006mh6. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.76 km (38 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/09/16 / 2016-09-06 18:02:24 / September 6, 2016 @ 6:02 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gilgit. Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Gilgit (c. 10 400 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 48 km NE of Dasu, Pakistan.
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