A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Gumdag in Tur kmenistan on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.96 km (18 miles). Global time and date of event 27/10/17 / 2017-10-27 21:32:06 / October 27, 2017 @ 9:32 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:32:06 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 54.9324 East, latitude 39.4143 North, depth = 28.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000axvh. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000axvh.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gazanjyk, Balkanabat, Gumdag (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Turkmenistan (c. 4 941 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Balkanabat (c. 87 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Gumdag (c. 24 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Gazanjyk (c. 21 100 pop).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km NE of Gumdag, Tur kmenistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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