A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Urzhar in Kazakhstan on Monday. Unique identifier: us1000e9am. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e9am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 81.8519 East, latitude 46.224 North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/05/18 / 2018-05-21 13:07:29 / May 21, 2018 @ 1:07 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:07:29 / 7:07 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Urzhar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Urzhar (c. 14 800 pop).
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 has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 97 km S of Urzhar, Kazakhstan.
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