A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Tur kmenbasy in Tur kmenistan on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/18 / 2018-01-07 01:10:27 / January 7, 2018 @ 1:10 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:10:27 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000c1lm. Unique identifier: us1000c1lm. Exact location of event, longitude 53.6395 East, latitude 40.0326 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Balkanabat, Türkmenbaşy. Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkmenistan (c. 4 941 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Balkanabat (c. 87 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Türkmenbaşy (c. 68 300 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km E of Tur kmenbasy, Tur kmenistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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