A earthquake with magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Sary-Tash in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200066x9. Id of event: us200066x9. 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 18.72 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 17:17:12 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 73.3276° East, latitude 39.4881° North, depth = 18.72 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 11:17:12 / June 26, 2016 @ 11:17 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Osh. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 122 km (76 miles) from Osh (c. 200 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes 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 thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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