A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 31 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (19 miles) on Wednesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:00:22 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 73.4459° East, 39.489° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us100060k5. Unique identifier: us100060k5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/16 / 2016-07-05 21:00:22 / July 5, 2016 @ 9:00 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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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