A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Gazli in Uzbekistan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000i5hq. Id of event: us1000i5hq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.06 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/18 / 2018-12-10 04:06:07 / December 10, 2018 @ 4:06 am. The temblor was detected at 09:06:07 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 63.1177° East, latitude 40.4383° North, depth = 26.06 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gazli (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Gazli (c. 11 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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