A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 31 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (19 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:46:20 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 73.4484° East, 39.4942° North, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 13:46:20 / June 26, 2016 @ 1:46 pm. Unique identifier: us200066yb. Ids that are associated to the event: us200066yb.
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 thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 31 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan.
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