A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 38 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (24 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 73.3984 East, latitude 39.403 North, depth = 51.16 km. The temblor was detected at 07:07:08 / 7:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 02:07:08 / August 12, 2016 @ 2:07 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10006d60. Event ids that are associated: us10006d60. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.16 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-five 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: 38 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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