A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 31 km SE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (19 miles) on Monday. The temblor was reported at 06:39:47 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/06/17 / 2017-06-26 00:39:47 / June 26, 2017 @ 12:39 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 73.5152 East, latitude 39.5298 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009pnx. Id of event: us20009pnx.
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 31 km SE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan.
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