A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Shohimardon in Uzbekistan on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 72.2018° East, latitude 39.7142° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005z5y. Id of event: us10005z5y. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:25:19 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 11:25:19 / June 26, 2016 @ 11:25 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 103 km (64 miles) from Osh (c. 200 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Fergana (c. 164 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Marg‘ilon (c. 133 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Asaka (c. 56 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Quva (c. 33 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Quvasoy (c. 32 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kyzyl-Kyya (c. 32 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Asaka, Osh, Hamza (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km SE of Shohimardon, Uzbekistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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