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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Sary-Tash in Kyrgyzstan


Earthquake location 39.4236S, 73.4985WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 40 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (25 miles). Exact location of event, depth 55.06 km, 73.4985° East, 39.4236° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:59:19 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/06/16 / 2016-06-27 12:59:19 / June 27, 2016 @ 12:59 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 55.06 km (34 miles). Event id: us10005z72. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005z72.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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. 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: 40 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 73.4985° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.4236° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-27 12:59:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-09 13:47:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.313 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10005z72 Id of event.
Event Code 10005z72 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005z72, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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