A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Ekibastuz in Kazakhstan. The temblor was reported at 20:27:12 / 8:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/19 / 2019-08-23 14:27:12 / August 23, 2019 @ 2:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us700057jq. Ids that are associated to the event: us700057jq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 75.3374° East, latitude 51.657° North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 7 km (5 miles) from Ekibastuz (c. 121 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayqayyng (c. 7 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Qalqaman (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Qalqaman, Mayqayyng, Ekibastuz (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km WSW of Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan.
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