A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Gazli in Uzbekistan. Unique identifier: us2000dbww. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000dbww. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 63.8525 East, latitude 40.4416 North, depth = 28.51 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:47:26 / 6:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/03/18 / 2018-03-04 01:47:26 / March 4, 2018 @ 1:47 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.51 km (18 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bukhara, Galaosiyo, Ghijduwon. Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Bukhara (c. 247 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ghijduwon (c. 41 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Shofirkon (c. 26 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Wobkent (c. 16 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Galaosiyo (c. 15 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Romiton (c. 12 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop).
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. 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 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 48 km NE of Gazli, Uzbekistan.
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