A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Dera Bugti in Pakistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 68.9162 East, latitude 29.1834 North, depth = 25.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.2 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:15:53 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/17 / 2017-01-23 11:15:53 / January 23, 2017 @ 11:15 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007uyv. Unique identifier: us10007uyv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kohlu, Sohbatpur, Dera Bugti (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Dera Bugti (c. 18 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Kohlu (c. 11 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Sohbatpur (c. 8 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).
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. 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 has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km NW of Dera Bugti, Pakistan.
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