A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Tyup in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 78.7513 East, latitude 42.9297 North, depth = 13.36 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/10/19 / 2019-10-08 21:49:22 / October 8, 2019 @ 9:49 pm. The temblor was detected at 03:49:22 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.36 km (8 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70005sbz. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005sbz.
Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Karakol (c. 70 200 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Pokrovka (c. 16 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tyup (c. 13 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kegen (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pokrovka, Karakol, Kegen (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km NE of Tyup, Kyrgyzstan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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