A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Namangan in Uzbekistan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/02/21 / 2021-02-02 22:03:46 / February 2, 2021 @ 10:03 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 22:03:46 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.5968 East, latitude 41.0165 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dfzz. Id of event: us6000dfzz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 7 km (4 miles) from Namangan (c. 432 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Andijon (c. 318 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Qo‘qon (c. 187 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fergana (c. 164 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Marg‘ilon (c. 133 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Chust Shahri (c. 65 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khŭjaobod, Quvasoy, Marhamat. Close country/countries, Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 6 km WNW of Namangan, Uzbekistan.
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