A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Sarkand in Kazakhstan. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003j0b. Unique identifier: us70003j0b. Exact location of earthquake, 80.4968° East, 45.125° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:15:57 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/19 / 2019-05-09 19:15:57 / May 9, 2019 @ 7:15 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (34 miles) from Sarkand (c. 76 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sarkand (min 5000 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 two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 55 km SE of Sarkand, Kazakhstan.
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