A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 41 km NE of Karakul, Tajikistan (25 miles) on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 14:43:27 / June 26, 2016 @ 2:43 pm. The earthquake occurred 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). Id of earthquake: us10005z5b. Event ids that are associated: us10005z5b. Exact location of event, longitude 73.8362 East, latitude 39.2996 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:43:27 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-six, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 41 km NE of Karakul, Tajikistan.
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