A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Khaydarkan in Kyrgyzstan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.21 km (4 miles). Event id: us2000h75n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h75n. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/09/18 / 2018-09-03 13:50:02 / September 3, 2018 @ 1:50 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 71.375° East, latitude 39.5845° North, depth = 7.21 km. The temblor was detected at 18:50:02 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Fergana (c. 164 300 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Marg‘ilon (c. 133 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Isfara (c. 37 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Quvasoy (c. 32 000 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Kyzyl-Kyya (c. 32 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Iradan (c. 26 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Oltiariq (c. 25 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Marg‘ilon, Kirgili, Yaypan.
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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