A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Massy in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:30:12 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 72.3918° East, latitude 41.1336° North, depth = 35.62 km. Unique identifier: us20005zk9. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005zk9. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/05/16 / 2016-05-26 00:30:12 / May 26, 2016 @ 12:30 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.62 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Marg‘ilon, Toshloq, Uzgen (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Namangan (c. 432 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Andijon (c. 318 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Osh (c. 200 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Marg‘ilon (c. 133 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Jalal-Abad (c. 75 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Asaka (c. 56 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km WNW of Massy, Kyrgyzstan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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