A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Kurchum in Kazakhstan. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:39:05 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/15 / 2015-12-27 18:39:05 / December 27, 2015 @ 6:39 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.46 km (10 miles). Unique identifier: us100049yk. Ids that are associated to the event: us100049yk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 15.46 km, 83.9695° East, 48.4587° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tūghyl, Aksuat, Kurchum. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Kurchum (c. 8 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Aksuat (c. 6 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Tūghyl (c. 6 700 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 26 km ESE of Kurchum, Kazakhstan.
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