A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Sary-Tash in Kyrgyzstan. The temblor was reported at 23:27:36 / 11:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 42.55 km, 72.4208° East, 39.4419° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.55 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j1fh. Unique identifier: us2000j1fh. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/19 / 2019-01-08 17:27:36 / January 8, 2019 @ 5:27 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shohimardon. The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Shohimardon (c. 5 100 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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