A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 32 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (20 miles) on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005gku. Unique identifier: us20005gku. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 73.4257 East, latitude 39.474 North, depth = 23.31 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.31 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/04/16 / 2016-04-09 16:19:31 / April 9, 2016 @ 4:19 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:19:31 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 32 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan.
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