A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 118 km SSW of Tughyl, Kazakhstan (73 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 83.3581 East, latitude 46.8489 North, depth = 8.15 km. 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 8.15 km (5 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/02/19 / 2019-02-01 21:54:40 / February 1, 2019 @ 9:54 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jc66. Unique identifier: us2000jc66. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:54:40 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 118 km SSW of Tughyl, Kazakhstan.
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