A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Baherden in Tur kmenistan on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/11/15 / 2015-11-16 17:03:16 / November 16, 2015 @ 5:03 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 57.1484° East, latitude 38.3687° North, depth = 36.49 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.49 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003yr9. Unique identifier: us10003yr9. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:03:16 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baharly. Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Baharly (c. 23 000 pop). Close country/countries, Turkmenistan (c. 4 941 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 has occurred nearby. 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: 25 km WSW of Baherden, Tur kmenistan.
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