A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Kazarman in Kyrgyzstan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 12:31:07 / August 10, 2015 @ 12:31 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 18:31:07 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100030ry. Id of event: us100030ry. Exact location, longitude 74.063° East, latitude 41.1025° North, depth = 20.3 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.3 km (13 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Uzgen (c. 40 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Uzgen (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 33 km S of Kazarman, Kyrgyzstan.
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