A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 31 km SE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (19 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006caz. Id of event: us10006caz. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/08/16 / 2016-08-09 13:06:41 / August 9, 2016 @ 1:06 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:06:41 / 7:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 73.5442° East, 39.5593° North. 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).
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 six and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 31 km SE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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