A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 20 km SE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (12 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 73.4219° East, latitude 39.5976° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005z50. Unique identifier: us10005z50. Global time and date of event 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 14:40:22 / June 26, 2016 @ 2:40 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:40:22 / 8:40 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 20 km SE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan.
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