A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 34 km SE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (21 miles) on Thursday. Unique identifier: us20006gc0. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006gc0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 73.5024 East, latitude 39.4846 North, depth = 49.42 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:29:25 / 11:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.42 km (31 miles). Global time and date of event 21/07/16 / 2016-07-21 05:29:25 / July 21, 2016 @ 5:29 am UTC/GMT.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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