A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Saryozek in Kazakhstan on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 17.31 km, 77.9059° East, 44.0214° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 17:29:00 / July 26, 2018 @ 5:29 pm. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:29:00 / 11:29 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.31 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000gejz. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000gejz.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Esik, Turgen’, Kapshagay (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Kapshagay (c. 42 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Esik (c. 33 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Saryözek (c. 13 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Turgen’ (c. 13 000 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 37 km S of Saryozek, Kazakhstan.
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