A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 103 km SE of Druzhba, Kazakhstan (64 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 83.268 East, latitude 44.5081 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000dcns. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000dcns. Global time and date of event 20/01/21 / 2021-01-20 13:42:29 / January 20, 2021 @ 1:42 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:42:29 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 103 km SE of Druzhba, Kazakhstan.
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