A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 27 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (17 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 03:38:05 / 3:38 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us200067p3. Ids that are associated to the event: us200067p3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 73.3282 East, latitude 39.4845 North, depth = 17.18 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/16 / 2016-06-28 21:38:05 / June 28, 2016 @ 9:38 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 27 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan.
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