A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 27 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 73.3726 East, latitude 39.4984 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200067hf. Id of event: us200067hf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:43:16 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/06/16 / 2016-06-28 12:43:16 / June 28, 2016 @ 12:43 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 27 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan.
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