A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 15 km S of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (9 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 73.2331 East, latitude 39.5861 North, depth = 70.11 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/15 / 2015-10-26 13:02:32 / October 26, 2015 @ 1:02 pm. Unique identifier: us10003rqv. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003rqv. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 70.11 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:02:32 / 7:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each 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 five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ten 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. 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: 15 km S of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan.
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