A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 34 km SE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/16 / 2016-08-05 04:34:09 / August 5, 2016 @ 4:34 am. The temblor was reported at 10:34:09 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 73.5372 East, latitude 39.5075 North, depth = 37 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10006a8b. Event ids that are associated: us10006a8b.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km SE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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