A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 20 km SE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (12 miles) on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/06/16 / 2016-06-27 13:28:36 / June 27, 2016 @ 1:28 pm. Unique identifier: us20006770. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006770. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:28:36 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 73.4162° East, 39.5934° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 20 km SE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan.
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