A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 29 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (18 miles). Event id: us10007rua. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007rua. Global time and date of event 07/01/17 / 2017-01-07 08:36:14 / January 7, 2017 @ 8:36 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:36:14 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.84 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 73.3942 East, latitude 39.4894 North, depth = 35.84 km.
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 nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km SSE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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