A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 38 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (24 miles). Exact location, longitude 73.4028° East, latitude 39.4054° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:55:25 / 5:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/07/16 / 2016-07-20 12:55:25 / July 20, 2016 @ 12:55 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006g4t. Id of event: us20006g4t. 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 38 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan.
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