A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Zharkent in Kazakhstan on Sunday. Global time and date of event 17/08/19 / 2019-08-17 23:07:48 / August 17, 2019 @ 11:07 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:07:48 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.16 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 79.7179° East, 44.2365° North, depth 26.16 km. Event id: us600056ik. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600056ik.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zharkent. The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Zharkent (c. 34 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km WNW of Zharkent, Kazakhstan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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